Givens v. Sellars

“The office of a demurrer is to test the sufficiency of a pleading, admitting, for the purpose, the truth of factual aver-ments well stated and such relevant inferences of fact as may be deduced therefrom. Furthermore, pleadings challenged by a demurrer are to be construed liberally with a view to substantial justice between the parties. G.S. 1-127. G.S. 1-151. McKinley v. Hinnant, 242 N.C. 245, 87 S.E. 2d 568.” Jacobs v. Highway Commission, 254 N.C. 200, 118 S.E. 2d 416. “The facts alleged, but not the pleader’s legal conclusions, are deemed admitted when the sufficiency of the complaint is…