WILLIFORD v. JACKSON

No. 754DC863.

223 S.E.2d 528 (1976)

29 N.C. App. 128

Ruby T. WILLIFORD v. Matha W. JACKSON and Pearl W. Marley, Co-Administrators of the Estate of Martha B. Williford, Deceased.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 7, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McLeod & McLeod by Max E. McLeod, Dunn, for plaintiff-appellee.

John R. Parker, Clinton, for defendants-appellants.


BROCK, Chief Judge.

Defendants argue that their motions for directed verdict should have been allowed. Defendants concede that the relationship of plaintiff and decedent—daughter-in-law and mother-in-law—is not a sufficiently close relationship to raise a presumption that the services claimed to have been rendered were rendered gratuitously. They contend, however, that the evidence disclosed a family relationship with all members of the family living...

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