CRAVER v. NAKAGAMA

No. 8827SC853.

379 S.E.2d 658 (1989)

Mary Adelaide Austell CRAVER and husband Richard D. Craver v. Mary Frances NAKAGAMA and husband, Samuel Nakagama; and Betty L. Burton, single.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Craver, Shelby, for petitioners-appellants Craver.

Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, by Garland S. Cassada and Jane S. Ratteree, Charlotte, for respondents-appellants Nakagama.

Weinstein & Sturges, by Fenton T. Erwin, Jr., L. Holmes Eleazer, Jr., and Judith A. Starrett, Charlotte, for respondent-appellee Burton.


EAGLES, Judge.

The Cravers and Nakagamas appeal the trial court's grant of respondent Burton's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The issue is whether the name Lutz-Austell Funeral Home and its concomitant goodwill is a partnership asset which may be sold in conjunction with the physical assets owned by the partnership. Specifically, the issues before us are whether the providing of funeral services here constitutes a profession and whether there is...

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