MURCHISON v. POWELL

No. 289.

153 S.E.2d 352 (1967)

269 N.C. 656

Colin MURCHISON, by his Next Friend, Jean B. Murchison, Plaintiff, v. Edward Joyner POWELL, Defendant. Jean B. MURCHISON, Plaintiff, v. Edward Joyner POWELL, Defendant.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 22, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thorp & Etheridge, Rocky Mount, for defendant appellant.

Battle, Winslow, Scott & Wiley, Rocky Mount, for plaintiff appellee.


LAKE, Justice.

There was no error in the overruling of the defendant's motion for judgment of nonsuit. Upon such a motion, the evidence offered by the plaintiff must be taken to be true and that offered by the defendant in conflict therewith must be disregarded. Lewis v. Barnhill, 267 N.C. 457, 461, 148 S.E.2d 536; Dixon v. Edwards, 265 N.C. 470, 144...

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