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153 N.C. 564

Bushnell v. Bertolett

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 7, 1910

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1910-12-07

, at the May Term, 1910, of Henderson. Civil action beard upon demurrer to tbe complaint. His Honor overruled tbe demurrer and defendant appealed. Tbe facts are sufficiently stated in tbe opinion of Mr. Justice Brown.

Decided 1910-12-07

Brown, J.

¶1Tbis action is brought for the purpose of charging the estate of the feme defendant with the sum of $330.75 for a breach of contract in refusing to take and pay for a lot of apple trees. Tbe defendant accepted and paid for $40.00 worth of trees and refused to accept and pay for the others. Tbe following is the alleged contract or order for the trees.

¶2Memo, of Apple Trees — Season 1907-8.

¶3800 Delicious apple trees.

¶4600 Stamen winesaps.

¶5600 Grimes golden.

¶6450 Rome Beauties.

¶75 Jonathan.

¶85 Senators.

¶95 Benoni.

¶105 Livland Raspberry.

¶115 Jeffries.

¶12(Signed) Mes. J. R. Bebtolett.

¶13Assuming for the sake of argument that the husband consented in writing to the above order, yet the contract is one that *565cannot be enforced against the feme defendant and bis Honor should have sustained the demurrer.

¶14This is in conformity with a uniform line of decisions many in number beginning with Harris v. Jenkins, 72 N. C., 183, and ending with Bank v. Benbow, 150 N. C., 782. Reversed.

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