Gantt v. Hobson

The demurrer of the defendants, the appellants Hobson and Adkins, presents for decision the question as to whether or not the facts alleged in the complaint are sufficient to constitute a cause of action against them. For the purpose of considering such question, the truth of the allegations contained in the complaint is admitted, and “ordinarily relevant inferences of fact necessarily deducible therefrom are also admitted. But the principle does not extend to admissions of conclusions or inferences of law,” Stacy, C. J., in Ballinger v. Thomas, 195 N.C. 517, 142 S.E. 761; Bumgardner v. Fence…