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      "W. H. AUSTIN v. L. GEORGE and JOHN McCALL, Trading as CITY MARKET."
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        "text": "Stacy, O. J.,\nthe issue of tenancy and holding over was disposed of by the justice of the peace. Perry v. Perry, 190 N. C., 125, 129 S. E., 147; Shelton v. Clinard, 187 N. C., 664, 122 S. E., 477; Carnegie v. Perkins, 191 N. C., 412, 131 S. E., 750.\nTbe record shows that in April, 1929, plaintiff\u2019s agent, G. T. Powell, rented tbe store in question to L. George at a rental of $75.00 per month, but for no special length of time. Three or four months thereafter the defendant George saw the said Powell and told him that he had paid the rent on the building for the first month and one-half, but that he no longer had any interest in the \u201cCity Market,\u201d an alleged partnership. The defendant, John McCall, continued to pay rent on the building up to 1 January, 1930. The trial court held that the notice given by George to Powell was not sufficient to relieve him from liability for subsequently accruing rent. In this, we think, there is error. Furniture Co., v. Bussell, 171 N. C., 474, 88 S. E., 484; Straus v. Sparrow, 148 N. C., 309, 62 S. E., 308. Such notice was, at least, sufficient to put the plaintiff on inquiry, and this carries with it a presumption of notice of all that a reasonable investigation would have disclosed. R. R. v. Comrs., 188 N. C., 265, 124 S. E., 560; Mills v. Kemp, 196 N. C., 309, 145 S. E., 557. A party having notice must exercise ordinary care to ascertain the facts, and if he fail to investigate when put upon inquiry, he is chargeable with all the knowledge he would have acquired, had he made the necessary effort to learn the truth of the matters affecting his interests. Wynn v. Grant, 166 N. C., 39, 81 S. E., 949.\nThe appealing defendant is entitled to have the matter submitted to another jury.\nNew trial.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Leon G. Stevens for plaintiff.",
      "W. P. Aycoclc and, Winfield PL. Lyon for defendant George."
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    "head_matter": "W. H. AUSTIN v. L. GEORGE and JOHN McCALL, Trading as CITY MARKET.\n(Filed 30 September, 1931.)\n1. Partnership D d \u2014 Notice of retirement from partnership held sufficient to put plaintiff upon inquiry as to the facts.\nWhere a store is rented to one of two partners who pays rent thereon for a time and thereafter tells the lessor that he is no longer connected with the partnership, and the other partner continues to pay rent until a later date, Held: in an action to recover rent accruing thereafter, notice given by the retiring partner was at least sufficient to put the lessor upon reasonable inquiry and charge him with all that such inquiry would disclose, and the holding of the trial court that it was not sufficient to relieve the retiring partner of liability is error, and a new trial will be awarded.\n2. Notice A b \u2014 Party having notice is chargeable with all that reasonable inquiry would disclose.\nA party having notice must exercise ordinary care to ascertain the facts and is chargeable with all that a reasonable inquiry would disclose.\nAppeal by defendant, L. George, from Sinclair, J., at April Term, 1931, of JOHNSTON.\nSummary proceeding in ejectment instituted by W. H. Austin, agent, against L. George and John McCall, trading as City Market.\nSummons was issued by a justice of the peace on an affidavit of the plaintiff, setting forth a cause of action under C. S., 2365, also claiming rent in arrear to the amount of $174.65, as authorized by C. S., 2367. On the hearing, the justice of the peace gave judgment that the defendants be removed from, and the plaintiff be put in possession of, the demised premises (C. S., 2369), and that the plaintiff recover of the defendants the sum of $187.50 with interest and costs.\nOn appeal by the defendants, the case was tried de novo in the Superior Court on the issue of indebtedness alone, resulting in the following verdict:\n\u201cWhat amount, if any, are the defendants indebted to the plaintiff? Answer: $174.65 and interest.\u201d\nJudgment on the verdict for plaintiff, from which the defendant, L. George, appeals, assigning errors.\nLeon G. Stevens for plaintiff.\nW. P. Aycoclc and, Winfield PL. Lyon for defendant George."
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