BLACKBURN v. DUNCAN

No. 7413SC22.

203 S.E.2d 99 (1974)

21 N.C. App. 20

Cleo N. BLACKBURN et al. v. Earl DUNCAN, Administrator of the Estate of Ray Tate Norris, et al.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 6, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williamson & Walton by Edward L. Williamson, Whiteville, for plaintiff appellants.

McGougan & Wright by D. F. Mc-Gougan, Jr., Tabor City, for defendant appellees.


BRITT, Judge.

We hold that the court erred in allowing defendants' motion for directed verdict.

Admissions and evidence presented at trial, viewed in the light most favorable to plaintiffs, tended to show:

In May of 1966, Mrs. Norris was living on her 110 acre farm near Tabor City in Columbus County. The farm was worth $60,000. At that time, she was approximately 78 years of age and was confined to a wheel chair due to a previously broken hip; a lady...

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