Turner v. Little

William M. Little sued Thomas Turner Jr., alleging that Turner was indebted to him in the sum of $670, besides interest, on twenty-three promissory notes which were described in the plaintiff’s petition. The defendant answered and denied the indebtedness, and alleged that after he finished his preparatory education, the plaintiff, who was his great uncle, came to him and voluntarily told him that he desired to furnish him funds to assist him in financing the expense of a college education at the University of North Carolina; that if the defendant applied himself and graduated, the sums the…