MORPUL, INC. v. MAYO KNITTING MILL, INC.

No. 698.

143 S.E.2d 707 (1965)

265 N.C. 257

MORPUL, INC. v. MAYO KNITTING MILL, INC.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 27, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Rabin, McNeill Smith and Jack Floyd, Greensboro, for plaintiff appellant.

McLendon, Brim, Holderness & Brooks, by Thronton H. Brooks, Greensboro, Bridgers, Horton & Britt, by H. Vinson Bridgers; Tarboro, and B. B. Olive, Durham, for defendant appellee.


SHARP, Justice.

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