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STEVENS v. JOHNSON

No. 8010SC573.

274 S.E.2d 281 (1981)

Stanley G. STEVENS, Jr., by and through his Guardian Ad Litem, Mary Ann Kinard v. Kenneth L. JOHNSON, Executor of the Estate of Stanley G. Stevens, Sr.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 3, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thompson & McAllaster by Sharon A. Thompson, Durham, for plaintiff-appellant.

Everett, Creech, Hancock & Herzig by Wiliam A. Creech, Durham, for defendant-appellee.

HILL, Judge.

In order to determine whether the trial court erred in granting the defendant's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, we must determine the authority of an attorney at law to bind his client.

The record in this case reveals that Kinard swore out a warrant against her former husband seeking support for the child born of the marriage. Stevens, Sr., obtained the services of an attorney, Mr. Edward Hollowell, and on 24 October 1973, Hollowell...

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