Legal Opinion

Prince v. . McRae

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided January 5, 1881PublishedCited by 24 opinions

¡Civil Action commenced before a justice of the peace and tried on appeal at Fall Term, 1880, of RICHMOND Superior .Court, before Avery, J. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, appeal by defendant.

1Opinion of the CourtSjute, C. J.

The notion is to recover for professional services rendered by the plaintiff, a physician, to the defendant’s intestate, which is resisted on the ground that they were intended to be and were gratuitous.

The plaintiff admitted that he had made no entry of a charge upon his books^ and the defendant testified that at the administration sale the plaintiff bought a horse and proposed to pay for him from his account, remarking that he had not intended to charge the intestate, but that seeing others present their accounts, he concluded to present his own-.

The defendant’s counsel requested His Honor…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Brunhild v. . FreemanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1877
  2. Pendleton v. . JonesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1880

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Root v. Allstate Insurance CompanySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1968
  2. Howell v. SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1962
  3. Roberta Manufacturing Co. v. Royal Exchange Assurance Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
  4. N. & W. Overall Co. v. HolmesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1923
  5. Lumber Co. v. . Lumber Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905

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