DUFF-NORTON COMPANY v. HALL

No. 275.

150 S.E.2d 425 (1966)

268 N.C. 275

DUFF-NORTON COMPANY, a corporation, v. E. Pat HALL, A. Alex Shuford, Jr., Individually and Trading under the partnership name of Arrowood, and their wives, Hope P. Hall and Alice G. Shuford, Arrowood, Inc., a corporation, and Southern Railway Company, a corporation.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 12, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moore & Van Allen, by John T. Allred, Charlotte, for plaintiff appellee.

Clayton & London, Charlotte, for defendants E. Pat Hall, A. Alex Shuford, Jr., and Arrowood, Inc.

Jones, Hewson & Woolard, Charlotte, for Southern Railway Company.


PLESS, Justice:

G.S. § 8-89 specifically provides that a Judge has discretion to make orders with reference to the inspection of documents. To reverse Judge Clarkson the defendants would have to establish an abuse of discretion on his part.

In view of the affidavit and motion which sets forth: (1) an option for the benefit of the plaintiff; (2) a sale by the defendants of the optioned property; and (3) the failure of the optioneers to give plaintiff an...

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