COGGINS v. FOX

No. 7630SC980.

237 S.E.2d 332 (1977)

34 N.C. App. 138

Iva COGGINS (widow), J. J. Sauer and wife, E. Hampton Sauer, Lee G. Lewis and wife, Pansy Lewis, Clifton S. Lambert and wife, Evelyn Lambert, John C. Adams (divorced), and Sue Adams (divorced), v. James Howard FOX and wife, Carol Ann Fox.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 21, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holt, Haire & Bridgers, P.A., by W. Paul Holt, Jr., and Ben Oshell Bridgers, Sylva, for plaintiffs-appellants.

James U. Downs, Franklin, for defendants-appellees.


CLARK, Judge.

The sole question raised by this appeal is whether the trial court erred in granting a directed verdict for defendants on the ground that the evidence was not sufficient to go to the jury. G.S. 1A-1, Rule 50(a). This Court is confronted with determining the sufficiency of the evidence based upon the same standards as those to be applied by the trial judge. Huff v. Thornton, 23 N.C. App. 388,

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