JERNIGAN v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 716SC474.

182 S.E.2d 847 (1971)

12 N.C. App. 241

Cecil D. JERNIGAN, Jr. v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 18, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allsbrook, Benton, Knott, Allsbrook & Cranford by Richard B. Allsbrook, Roanoke Rapids, for plaintiff appellee.

Spruill, Trotter & Lane, by John R. Jolly, Jr., Rocky Mount, for defendant appellant.


MALLARD, Chief Judge.

Defendant's first contention is that the trial court erred in denying its motion to set the verdict aside as contrary to the greater weight of the evidence. It is elementary in this State that a motion on this ground is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial judge, and his decision is not reviewable in the absence of a manifest abuse of discretion. Goldston v. Chambers, 272 N.C. 53, 157...

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