WHITLEY v. O'NEAL

No. 692SC128.

168 S.E.2d 6 (1969)

5 N.C. App. 136

Hallett Ward WHITLEY and wife, Kathleen C. Whitley v. Dick O'NEAL and wife, Daphne D. O'Neal.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 18, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LeRoy Scott, Washington, for plaintiff appellants.

John A. Wilkinson, Washington, for defendant appellees.


MORRIS, Judge.

In oral argument in this Court, the defendants entered a demurrer ore tenus on the ground that the plaintiffs' complaint does not state a cause of action. There is some confusion as to what theory plaintiffs are relying upon in seeking relief. Their complaint, apparently, attempts to set forth a cause of action based upon fraud. North Carolina does not follow the strict rule that a party must succeed, if at all, only upon the theory set forth in his...

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