Title: Leggette v. Pittman

State: north-carolina

Issuer: North Carolina Supreme Court

Document:

150 S.E.2d 420 (1966) 268 N.C. 292 Jacob Oswell LEGGETTE, Jr. and wife, Beulah Murray Leggette v. Claude C. PITTMAN. No. 293. Supreme Court of North Carolina. October 12, 1966. Wiley L. Lane, Jr., Wilson, for plaintiffs, appellees. Kirby & Webb, Wilson, for defendant, appellant. PER CURIAM. One of defendant's principal assignments of error was to the following portion of the judge's charge: *421 Our Court has held in the case of Robbins v. C. W. Myers Trading Post, Inc., 251 N.C. 663, 111 S.E.2d 884: In the contract of warranty the defendant warranted the materials and workmanship performed under construction contract dated 1-18-63 and agreed that any defects arising within a period of one year would be repaired, replaced or adjusted at no cost to the owner. By this agreement the defendant by necessity agreed to furnish the cost of the labor and materials necessary to make the building conform to the contract. This is, in effect, the judge's charge. "Provisions of a contract clearly expressed do not cease to be binding upon the parties because they relate to the measure of damages." 15 Am.Jur., Damages, sec. 49, p. 448. The defendant by his contract and warranty removed himself from those provisions of the general law on which he relies, and the trial judge correctly related his charge to the circumstances of the case. The exception of the defendant to the testimony of a contractor who was admitted as an expert is without merit. Considering his testimony in its full context, it appears to be well within the rules of evidence approved by our Court. No error.