Legal Opinion

Hayes v. Griffin

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided February 23, 1972No. 7220SC12PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROCK, Judge.

Defendants’ answer and evidence at trial, and the thrust of their arguments on this appeal, are centered upon their contention that plaintiffs had cancelled the option to purchase the tract of land by subsequent oral agreement.

Defendants bring forward eight assignments of error, but in their brief they abandoned three of these — numbers 1, 6 and 8.

In defendants’ second and third arguments (assignments of error numbers 2 and 3 respectively), they contend that the trial judge committed error when he instructed the jury that the issue was whether this option agreement was cancelled…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Dobias v. WhiteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1954
  2. Bell v. . BrownSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1947
  3. Sheppard v. AndrewsCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1970
  4. Beaver v. LedbetterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Zinn v. WalkerCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1987
  2. Provident Finance Co. v. Beneficial Finance Co.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1978
  3. Lancaster v. Lumby Corp.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1985

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