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Contracts: Is Promissory Estoppel Forever Estopped In North Carolina - Home Electric Co. Of Lenoir, Inc. V. Hall & (And) Underdown Heating & (And) Air Conditioning Co., Lu Ann Brown

Campbell Law Review

This Note questions the North Carolina Court of Appeals decision in Home Electric Co. of Lenoir, Inc. v. Hall & Underdown Heating & Air Conditioning Co. This Note discusses sections 90 and 87(2) of the Restatement (Second) of Contracts and their corresponding comments and illustrations; the North Carolina Supreme Court decision in Wachovia Bank and Trust v. Rubish; and the rationale of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Allen M. Campbell Co. v. Virginia Metal Industries, which allowed the affirmative use of the promissory estoppel doctrine in a construction bidding case. This Note also examines the majority …