Legal Opinion

Ray v. Norris

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided December 17, 1985No. 8511SC120PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MARTIN, Judge.

Defendants bring forward three assignments of error; (1) the trial court’s failure to direct a verdict in favor of the defendants due to the insufficiency of plaintiffs evidence, (2) the trial court’s refusal to instruct on the doctrine of clean hands, and (3) its refusal to instruct on the doctrine of pro tanto resulting trust. Upon our review of the record we find that neither the doctrine of pro tanto resulting trust nor the clean hands doctrine is applicable to these facts and that there was sufficient evidence from which the jury could find that a resulting trust arose in…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Mims v. MimsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982
  2. Collins v. DavisCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1984
  3. West v. SlickSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1985
  4. Davis v. DownerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
  5. Cline v. ClineSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979

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3Cited by20 opinions

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  4. Brissett v. First Mount Vernon Industrial Loan Ass'nCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2014
  5. McDowell v. South Carolina Department of Social ServicesCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1987

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