Carolina Helicopter Corp. v. Cutter Realty Co.

Plaintiff seeks to recover special damages for a breach of an alleged contract, to wit, a parol lease of the roof of defendant’s building for a term of one year.

A lease for a term of years is a contract, by which one agrees, for a valuable consideration, to let another have the occupation and profits of land for a definite time. Moring v. Ward, 50 N.C. 272. A lease for one year need not be in writing. G.S. 22-2; Moche v. Leno, 227 N.C. 159, 41 S.E. 2d 369.

Defendant contends that the alleged lease, if otherwise valid, is void for uncertainty as to the commencement of the term. “It is a…