TATUM v. BROWN

No. 7621DC39.

224 S.E.2d 698 (1976)

29 N.C. App. 504

Teresa Stout TATUM v. Royall BROWN, Sr., Individually and as Agent of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, and the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 19, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Glenn Pettyjohn, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff-appellant.

Hudson, Petree, Stockton, Stockton & Robinson by J. Robert Elster and W. Thompson Comerford, Jr., Winston-Salem, for defendants-appellees.


ARNOLD, Judge.

Plaintiff's contention in this appeal is that the motion to dismiss was improperly granted. Defendant's position is that plaintiff alleged a contract of employment at will, and that her allegations, taken as true for purposes of the motion to dismiss, give rise to no claim upon which relief can be granted. We agree with defendant's position.

Where a contract of employment contains no provision concerning the duration or term of employment, or...

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