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  "id": 8620235,
  "name": "SAMUEL W. MORGAN v. W. L. SPEIGHT",
  "name_abbreviation": "Morgan v. Speight",
  "decision_date": "1955-09-21",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "603",
  "last_page": "604",
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      "cite": "242 N.C. 603"
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "N.C.",
    "id": 9292,
    "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina"
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    "id": 5,
    "name_long": "North Carolina",
    "name": "N.C."
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  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
    "source": "Harvard",
    "batch": "2018"
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    "judges": [
      "WiNBORNE and HiggiNS, JJ., took no part in the consideration or decision of this case."
    ],
    "parties": [
      "SAMUEL W. MORGAN v. W. L. SPEIGHT."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "PER Cukiam.\nPlaintiff instituted this action to recover damages for wrongful interference with contract.\nThe material allegations of the complaint, briefly stated, were that plaintiff owned land on Radio Island, lying between Morehead City and Beaufort, in Carteret County; that Aviation Fuel Terminal, Inc., owned land on west side of said Island; that Aviation Fuel Terminal contracted with Bryan Construction Company to dredge a channel in waters adjoining its land; and that plaintiff gave permission to Aviation Fuel Terminal and the Construction Company to use a strip of his land for the purpose of depositing dredged material in a bay adjoining plaintiff's land, which would have greatly increased the value of his land. He further alleged that defendant, having no right to do so, advised the Construction Company if it proceeded to build up plaintiff\u2019s land with dredged material he would sue to restrain the operation. In consequence the company changed its plans and deposited the material elsewhere.\nDefendant demurred on the ground that the complaint failed to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, for that it appeared from the complaint that plaintiff had no enforceable contract.\nThe court sustained the demurrer, and in this ruling we concur.\nAffirmed.\nWiNBORNE and HiggiNS, JJ., took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "PER Cukiam."
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "George B. Riddle, Jr., for Plaintiff Appellant.",
      "Barden, Stith & McCotter for Defendant Appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "SAMUEL W. MORGAN v. W. L. SPEIGHT.\n(Filed 21 September, 1955.)\nContracts \u00a7 26\u2014\nAllegations to the effect that plaintiff, owning a part of an island, granted \u2022permission to the owner of the other part of the island to use a strip of plaintiff\u2019s land for the purpose of depositing material dredged from the adjoining bay, which would greatly increase the value of plaintiff\u2019s land, and that defendant, a stranger to the agreement, prevented the deposit of the dredged material on plaintiff\u2019s land by threatening, without right, to restrain such operation, is held, insufficient to show that plaintiff had an enforceable contract, and demurrer was properly sustained.\nWinborne and Higgins, JJ., took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.\nAppeal by plaintiff from Bone, J., at May Term 1955, of CeaveN.\nGeorge B. Riddle, Jr., for Plaintiff Appellant.\nBarden, Stith & McCotter for Defendant Appellee."
  },
  "file_name": "0603-02",
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