FIRST NAT. CITY BANK v. McMANUS

No. 7518SC815.

223 S.E.2d 554 (1976)

29 N.C. App. 65

FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK v. John McMANUS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 7, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell & Hunter, by Martin N. Erwin and Benjamin F. Davis, Jr., Greensboro, for plaintiff appellant.

Block, Meyland & Lloyd, by Thomas J. Robinson, Jr., Greensboro, for defendant appellee.


MORRIS, Judge.

Plaintiff appellant, contending that the money was paid out to the defendant payee under a mistake of fact, maintains that defendant, unjustly enriched and unable to construct an adequate defense in law or equity, must accede to plaintiff's demand for repayment. We agree.

The issue of who stands for the loss and disappointment when money has been disbursed under some mistaken belief of entitlement is always problematic. Our Supreme Court, structuring...

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