CROSS v. BECKWITH

No. 97.

238 S.E.2d 130 (1977)

Matthew CROSS (deceased) Franklin L. Rush (Substituted as Plaintiff in lieu of Matthew Cross) v. James W. BECKWITH.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 23, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph L. Worth and W. C. Harris, Jr., Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Broughton, Broughton, McConnell & Boxley, P.A., by Charles P. Wilkins and Gregory B. Crampton, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee.


SHARP, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff's appeal presents only the question whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the trial judge, in his charge to the jury, misstated the evidence on a material fact to the prejudice of defendant.

The challenged instruction is contained within the bracketed portion of the charge set out below:

"Now, there is evidence in this case, ladies and gentlemen, that in substance tends to show—what the evidence does...

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