NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Civil 735.20
ACTION FOR SERVICES RENDERED A DECEDENT - ISSUE OF BREACH OF CONTRACT.
This issue reads:
"If so, did (name decedent) breach that agreement?"
On this issue the plaintiff has the burden of proof to satisfy you by
the greater weight of the evidence that (name decedent) [failed to
compensate (name plaintiff) for his services] [failed to compensate
(name plaintiff) for the fair market value of his services].
(Here summarize the evidence.)
So I charge you that if you find by the greater weight of the
evidence that (name decedent) [failed to compensate (name plaintiff) for
his services] [failed to compensate (name plaintiff) for the fair market
value of his services], you would answer this issue "Yes". If you fail to
so find, or if upon a fair consideration of all the evidence and
circumstances you cannot say where the truth lies, you would answer it
"No".
History
N.C.P.I.—Civil 735.20 (December 1977). Prepared by the North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges' Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, assisted by the UNC School of Government; published by the School of Government.
Provenance
- Source
- sog.unc.edu
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
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