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    "judges": [
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        "text": "Mallard, C.J.\nPlaintiff assigns as error the court\u2019s allowing the defendant to present evidence of payment of the indebtedness when payment was not affirmatively pleaded in defendant\u2019s answer.\nIt is well settled in North Carolina that payment is an affirmative defense and must be specially pleaded.\n\u201cAny defense which is intended to operate as a discharge of the obligation set forth in the complaint should be specially pleaded and cannot be proved under a general denial. In a complaint to recover a debt, the usual allegations are the execution of the contract and that it is due and unpaid, but a general denial of these allegations puts in issue only the execution of the instrument or contract, and not the fact of payment.\u201d McIntosh, N.C. Practice 2d, \u00a7 1236(10) (a).\nIn Ellison v. Rix, 85 N.C. 77 (1881), the Supreme Court said:\n\u201cIt is true the complaint in the case contains the allegation that the bond sued on has not been paid, but that is an averment that the plaintiff is not required to prove. The onus in that case is in the defendant who maintains the affirmative of the issue, and the defense of payment is in confession and avoidance, and is new matter. That is new matter which shows that a cause of action which once existed has been defeated by something which has subsequently occurred. Evans v. Williams, supra. Payment, then, is new matter, and our conclusion is that there was no error in overruling this exception.\u201d\nIn support of her contentions, the defendant cites the case of Whitley v. Redden, 5 N.C. App. 705, 169 S.E. 2d 260 (1969). The Whitley case, as modified and affirmed by the Supreme Court in an opinion reported in 276 N.C. 263, 171 S.E. 2d 894 (1970), is distinguishable from the instant case.\nThe defendant, having failed to plead payment, could not introduce evidence of payment. 70 C.J.S., Payment, \u00a7 91. See also Joyce v. Sell, 233 N.C. 585, 64 S.E. 2d 837 (1951); Bank v. Barrow, 189 N.C. 303, 127 S.E. 3 (1925); Bank v. Knox, 187 N.C. 565, 122 S.E. 304 (1924); Averitt v. Elliott, 109 N.C. 560, 13 S.E. 785 (1891); Montague v. Brown, 104 N.C. 161, 10 S.E. 186 (1889).\nFor the foregoing reasons, the plaintiff is entitled to a new trial.\nNew trial.\nMobRis and Graham, JJ., concur.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Leroy, Wells, Shaw, Hornthal & Riley by Dewey W. Wells, and Cherry \u25a0& Cherry by Thomas L. Cherry for plaintiff appellant.",
      "Jones, Jones & Jones by L. Bennett Gram, Jr., for defendant ap-pellee."
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    "head_matter": "ATLANTIC DISCOUNT OF AHOSKIE, INC. v. CYNTHIA GRAY SMITH\nNo. 706DC44\n(Filed 24 June 1970)\nPayment \u00a7 4\u2014 proof of payment \u2014 payment as affirmative defense\nIn an action to recover on a note, defendant who failed to plead payment as an affirmative defense could not introduce evidence of payment.\nAppeal by plaintiff from Gay, J., 29 August 1969 Session of HERTFORD County, the General Court of Justice, District Court Division.\nPlaintiff brought suit against defendant to recover on a note and conditional sales contract allegedly executed by the defendant in the purchase of a 1963 automobile. Plaintiff alleged that the total amount of the note was $2,456.40 and that $409.40 had been paid, leaving $2,047.00 remaining due. Defendant entered a general denial to the allegations. At the trial defendant, over objection, introduced evidence of payment in full of the indebtedness. The jury held for the defendant. Plaintiff assigned error and appealed to the Court of Appeals.\nLeroy, Wells, Shaw, Hornthal & Riley by Dewey W. Wells, and Cherry \u25a0& Cherry by Thomas L. Cherry for plaintiff appellant.\nJones, Jones & Jones by L. Bennett Gram, Jr., for defendant ap-pellee."
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