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PRESSLY v. WALKER

No. 524.

78 S.E.2d 920 (1953)

238 N.C. 732

PRESSLY et al. v. WALKER et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 2, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. T. Carswell and Henry E. Fisher, Charlotte, for plaintiffs, appellees.

Helms & Mulliss, John D. Hicks, McDougle, Ervin, Horack & Snepp, Charlotte, for defendants, appellants.

DEVIN, Chief Justice.

It is a familiar rule that pleadings are to be given liberal construction in favor of the pleader, and that a complaint may not be overthrown by a demurrer unless it be fatally defective. Hollifield v. Everhart, 237 N.C. 313, 74 S.E.2d 706; Bumgardner v. Allison Fence Co., 236 N.C. 698, 74 S.E.2d 32; Blackmore...

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