Walker v. . McLaurin
Supreme Court of North Carolina
1Opinion of the CourtDenny, J.
The plaintiff assigns as error the refusal of the court to submit two issues as to the ratification of the alleged lease and option by (1) the lessor, and (2) after his death by the defendant heirs, as alleged in the reply.
We find no error in the trial below affecting the issues submitted, nor do we think there is any evidence on the record to warrant the submission of an issue as to the ratification of the contract by the lessor. His want of mental capacity to enter into a legal and binding contract on 27 April, 1940, appears to have continued until his death. But we do think there is some…
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