BROWN v. HATCHER

No. 607.

149 S.E.2d 586 (1966)

268 N.C. 57

Jasper BROWN, Administrator of the Estate of Lida T. Brown, Deceased, v. Charlie HATCHER, Administrator of the Estate of Melissa Etta Brown, Deceased.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 26, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Austin Stevens, Wiley Narron, W. Kenneth Hinton, Smithfield, for plaintiff appellee.

William I. Godwin, Selma, Britt & Ashley by William R. Britt, Smithfield, for defendant appellant.


SHARP, Justice.

Plaintiff offered no evidence tending to establish the express contract which his intestate had alleged. This failure, however, will not defeat his right to recover the fair value of those services if the evidence justifies the inference they were rendered under an implied promise to pay. Thormer v. Lexington Mail Order Co., 241 N.C. 249, 85 S.E.2d 140; Grady v. Faison, 224 N.C. 567...

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