Hancock v. Commissioners of Craven County
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by S. W. Hancock against the Board of Commissioners of Craven County, heard by Judge George H. Brown, at September Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of Craven County. From a judgment of non-suit, the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Connor, J.,
The plaintiff alleged that on the 5th day of December, 1898,-the defendant Board of Commissioners contracted -with him to employ him as attorney for the term of two years at an annual compensation of two hundred dollars. That he accepted the employment and entered upon the discharge of his duties and that he has at all times during the said two years been ready, willing and able to perform his part of the contract. That a balance is due him on account of said contract of five hundred and fifty dollars. That he has made demand upon the defendant for payment thereof and it has been…
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