Gillikin v. Whitley, 838SC303
| Docket Nº | No. 838SC303 |
| Citation | 311 S.E.2d 677, 66 N.C.App. 694 |
| Case Date | February 21, 1984 |
| Court | Court of Appeal of North Carolina (US) |
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v.
Robert E. WHITLEY, Trustee, and Ellis Jones, Jr., Plan
Administrator of the Ellis Jones, Jr. Tile
Contractor, Inc. Profit-Sharing Plan and
Trust Agreement.
White, Allen, Hooten, Hodges & Hines, P.A. by John R. Hooten, Kinston, for plaintiff William Gillikin, appellant and plaintiffs, appellees.
Harvey W. Marcus, Kinston, for defendant, Robert E. Whitley, appellant and appellee.
Thomas H. Morris, Kinston, for defendant, Ellis Jones, Jr., appellant and appellee.
HEDRICK, Judge.
Because of our disposition of this case, set out below, we treat both appeals together.
The record discloses that plaintiffs executed the instruments in question after receiving the following certified letter from
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an attorney who represented defendant Ellis Jones, Jr.:Dear Mr. Gillikin:
I am writing this letter on behalf of Ellis Jones, Jr. and in regard to his business's Profit Sharing Plan.
As you know, we have evidence that you have misapplied funds in the amount of $90,916.57. I have prepared a Promissory Note in the principal amount of $90,916.57, with interest at 16%. I have also prepared a Deed of Trust securing this Note on all of the tracts of real property which you presently own in Lenoir County. The Note is payable upon demand and provides for interest at the rate of 16% per annum.
The Note has been prepared for your signature and the Deed of Trust has been prepared for your's and your wife's signature. [T]he Note will remain in my office and you and your wife may come in to sign the Note and Deed of Trust during any of our office hours. We shall be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 23, 1980 and will be closed until Monday, December 29, 1980, at 8:30 a.m.
Please be advised that in the event the Note and Deed of Trust have not been signed by you and your wife by 10:00 [66 N.C.App. 697] a.m. on Tuesday, December 30, 1980, I will take the following action:
1. I will institute a civil procedure against you for the entire balance and will seek to attach all real property in which you have an interest in Lenoir County.
2. I will request the District Attorney of our Judicial District to investigate the facts and to bring the appropriate criminal action against you. In addition to possible Federal criminal violations and perhaps additional State violations, it is my opinion...
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