Legal Opinion

Billings v. Joseph Harris Co., Inc.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided December 17, 1975No. 7523SC596PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRITT, Judge.

Did the trial court err in entering partial summary judgment in favor of defendant? We hold that it did not.

While defendant argues that the order of the federal court, from which no appeal was taken, is res judicata as to the issues presented on this appeal, we do not decide that question. We affirm the judgment appealed from on the ground that defendant, by the disclaimer set forth on the order blank which plaintiff signed, limited its maximum liability to return of the purchase price of the seed.

Plaintiff entered into a contract with defendant by signing the order form…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Kessing v. National Mortgage CorporationSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
  2. Ora Lee Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Company, William Thorne v. Walker-Thomas Furniture CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
  3. Koontz v. City of Winston-SalemSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
  4. Sierens v. ClausenIllinois Supreme Court · 1975
  5. Gore v. George J. Ball, IncorporatedSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Moore v. Coachmen Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1998
  2. Rite Color Chemical Co., Inc. v. VELVET TEXTILE CO. INC.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1992
  3. Kenneth Lindemann, Jeff Lindemann, and Ronnie Terrall, D/B/A Lindemann Farms v. Eli Lilly and CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
  4. Johnson v. Trustees of Durham Technical Community CollegeCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2000
  5. Lecates v. Hertrich Pontiac Buick Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1986

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