Legal Opinion

McDaniel v. Quakenbush

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided October 8, 1958No. 161PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDeNNy, J.

The appellants assign as error the overruling of their demurrer and the continuance of the restraining order until the final hearing.

A demurrer to a complaint on the ground that it does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action should be overruled if the complaint, when liberally construed in favor of the pleader, alleges facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. Or, to put it another way, if any portion of a complaint alleges facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, or if fa,cts sufficient for that purpose can be reasonably and fairly gathered from it, the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Reid v. JohnstonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1954
  2. Bailey v. BaileySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1956
  3. Bryant v. Little River Ice Co. of Zebulon, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1951
  4. Dix v. . PruittSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1927
  5. Star Furniture Co. v. Carolina & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1928

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Atkins v. WalkerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1973
  2. Bangor Spiritualist Church, Inc. v. LittlefieldSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1975
  3. Collins v. SimmsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1961
  4. Williams v. StricklandSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1960
  5. First Presbyterian Church v. St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1961

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