Clemmons v. Life Insurance Company of Georgia
Supreme Court of North Carolina
1Opinion of the CourtLake, J.
Upon a demurrer to a complaint on the ground that it does not state a cause of action, the allegations of fact, together with all relevant inferences of fact reasonably deducible therefrom, are taken to be true. Corprew v. Chemical Corp., 271 N.C. 485, 157 S.E. 2d 98. The question is whether, such being the facts, the plaintiff is entitled to recover from the defendant. The allegations of the complaint are to be liberally construed so as to give the plaintiff the benefit of every reasonable intendment in his favor. G.S. 1-151; Corprew v. Chemical Corp., supra; Strong, N. C. Index, 2d Ed,…
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