HOME ELEC. CO. OF LENOIR, INC. v. HALL & UNDERDOWN HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING CO.

No. 864SC1189.

358 S.E.2d 539 (1987)

HOME ELECTRIC CO. OF LENOIR, INC., a North Carolina Corporation v. HALL AND UNDERDOWN HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING COMPANY, a North Carolina Partnership.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Delk, Swanson & Einstein by Joseph C. Delk, III, David A. Swanson and Edwin S. Hartshorn, III, Lenoir, for plaintiff-appellant.

Whisnant, Simmons, Groome, Tuttle & Pike by H. Houston Groome, Jr. and Vanessa Barlow, Lenoir, for defendant-appellee.


ORR, Judge.

Plaintiff argues that the trial court erred in dismissing its contractual claim on the grounds of a failure of consideration. It is contended by the plaintiff that the doctrine of promissory estoppel should apply in the case sub judice so as to serve as a substitute for consideration. We decline to expand the use of the doctrine of promissory estoppel in cases such as this one and affirm the trial court's decision for the reasons set forth below...

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