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170 N.C. 678

87 S.E 219

Hodges v. Richards

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 15, 1915

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1915-12-15

Appeal by defendants from Adams, J., at July Term, 1915, of Avery. Civil action heard upon exceptions to the report of a referee. His Honor overruled all the exceptions, affirmed and approved the findings of fact, and rendered judgment against the defendants for $598.45, with interest. The defendants appealed.

Decided 1915-12-15

Peb OubiaM.

¶1The exception, of tbe defendant must be sustained because be has been charged with the amount of the accounts, without regard to their collectibility, when all the evidence is to the effect that the plaintiff is only entitled to a proportionate part of the net profits, and the plaintiff himself testified that the defendants “were to collect and pay when collected.”

¶2If this is the contract, the account must be restated, charging the defendant with the sums collected and, in addition, with the uncollected accounts which could have been collected by the exercise of ordinary diligence.

¶3Reversed.

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