Oberholtzer v. Huffman

Oct 31, 1951
316
Reporters:
, ,
Before:
Babnhill
Babnhill, J.

Special damages, that is, damages which are ‍‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‍the natural but not necessary result of the alleged wrongful act of the defendant, ‍‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‍must be pleaded with sufficient particularity to put the defendant on notice. Conrad v. Shuford, 174 ‍‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‍N.C. 719, 94 S.E. 424; Binder v. Ac ceptance Corp., 222 N.C. 512, 23 S.E. 2d 894. This the plaintiff ‍‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‍has done. The allegations stricken are a proper and necessary part of his complaint. ‍‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‍Hence the order striking same must be

Reversed.