Bank of North Carolina, N.A. v. Cranfill

EXUM, Justice.

The case presents the same question as Oil Corporation v. Wolfe, 297 N.C. 36, 252 S.E. 2d 809 (1979), decided this day, and we reach the same result.

On 11 August 1976 plaintiff here brought suit against defendants on a promissory note executed by them and dated 4 February 1972. Defendants admitted signing the note. Immediately above the signature blanks on the note were the words “witness my/our hand(s) and seal(s).” Beside each signature was the printed term “(SEAL).”

Defendants contend that they did not intend to adopt the printed seals as their own. It follows, according to…