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- Title: North Carolina v. Muse
- Author : Supreme Court of North Carolina
- Release Date : January 15, 1971
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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Plaintiff first argues that the amendment of defendants answer to plead the statute of frauds was irrelevant to her claims of fraud, unfair trade practices, and nuisance. We agree. The statute of frauds, G.S. 22-2, is an affirmative defense to recovery on an oral contract of lease for a period in excess of three years. The statute of frauds, then, even if properly pleaded and proven, could do no more than bar plaintiffs recovery on her contractual claim. Her claims of fraud, unfair trade practices, and nuisance, not sounding in contract, were thus not precluded by G.S. 22-2. Whether there were other grounds for summary judgment as to these three claims will be discussed after an examination of the propriety of the granting of summary judgment as to plaintiffs contract claim.