General American Life Insurance v. Stadiem

Tbe question for decision is whether tbe complaint states facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, either in contract or in tort. C. S., 511, subsec. 6. Tbe office of a demurrer is to test tbe sufficiency of a pleading, admitting for tbe purpose tbe truth of factual averments well stated and such relevant inferences as may be deduced therefrom, but it does not admit any legal inferences or conclusions of law asserted by tbe pleader. Leonard v. Maxwell, Comr., 216 N. C., 89, 3 S. E. (2d), 316; Harris v. R. R., 220 N. C., 698, 18 S. E. (2d), 204. Hence, we must look to tbe allegations…