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LITTLE v. POOLE

No. 7119SC301.

182 S.E.2d 206 (1971)

11 N.C. App. 597

Donald Eugene LITTLE, by his General Guardian, Dorothy P. Little v. Colvin Theodore POOLE and Life Insurance Company of Virginia. Dorothy P. LITTLE v. Colvin Theodore POOLE and Life Insurance Company of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 14, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rufty & Rufty, Salisbury, and Perry C. Henson, Greensboro, for plaintiff appellees.

Woodson, Hudson & Busby by Max Busby, Salisbury, for defendant appellant Colvin Theodore Poole.

Kuttz & Hamlin by Lewis P. Hamlin, Jr., Salisbury, for defendant appellant Life Insurance Co. of Virginia.

GRAHAM, Judge.

We have here the unusual circumstance of a directed verdict having been entered for the plaintiff on the issue of negligence after the jury had returned a verdict answering that very issue in plaintiff's favor. It is contended that the purpose and intended effect of this procedure was to cure any errors in the judge's charge to the jury on that issue. We need not consider whether such a procedure is ever proper under Rule 50 (G.S. § 1A-1, Rule...

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