SPEIGHTS v. CARRAWAY

No. 308.

100 S.E.2d 339 (1957)

247 N.C. 220

Nina Joyner SPEIGHTS v. Stephen CARRAWAY, Administrator of the Estate of Jessie Mae Beasley, Deceased.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 20, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

White & Aycock, Harvey W. Marcus, Kinston, for plaintiff appellee.

Harvey E. Beech, Kinston, Taylor & Mitchell, Raleigh, for defendant appellant.


WINBORNE, Chief Justice.

On this appeal defendant challenges the correctness of judgment from which appeal is taken on several grounds.

First: It is contended that the trial judge erred in overruling defendant's motion for judgment as of nonsuit. However, taking the evidence in the light most favorable to plaintiff, giving to her the benefit of every reasonable inference, it is sufficient to take the case to the jury and to support the verdict rendered. Stewart...

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