NIXON v. NIXON

No. 169.

132 S.E.2d 590 (1963)

260 N.C. 251

Palmer NIXON, Executor of Charlie Nixon, Deceased, Lettie N. Bunch and Adele Nixon, v. Queen Esther NIXON, Carl Nixon and wife, Savannah Nixon.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 9, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cherry & Cherry, Ahoskie, and Pritchett & Cooke, by J. A. Pritchett, Windsor, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jones, Jones & Jones, Ahoskie, and LeRoy, Wells & Shaw, by Charles C. Shaw, Jr., Elizabeth City, for defendants-appellees.


PARKER, Justice.

It is hornbook law that when a motion for judgment of nonsuit is made, the plaintiff is entitled to have his evidence considered in the light most favorable to him, and he is entitled to the benefit of every reasonable inference to be drawn therefrom. Bridges v. Graham, 246 N.C. 371, 98 S.E.2d 492. "Discrepancies and contradictions, even in plaintiff's evidence, are for the twelve...

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