CANNON v. MILLER

No. 833SC908.

322 S.E.2d 780 (1984)

Haywood A. CANNON v. Jeffrey L. MILLER.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haywood A. Cannon, pro se, for plaintiff-appellant.

Dallas Clark, Jr. and James M. Roberts by James M. Roberts and Jeffrey L. Miller, pro se, Greenville, for defendant-appellee.


JOHNSON, Judge.

The plaintiff's appeal presents the question of whether the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of defendant on the plaintiff's claims for alienation of affections and criminal conversation. The defendant's appeal primarily raises the question of whether these causes of action, sometimes referred to as "heart balm" torts, should be judicially abolished in this jurisdiction. Because we are of the opinion that summary judgment was...

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