FARMER v. CHANEY

No. 66.

233 S.E.2d 582 (1977)

292 N.C. 451

Earl Samuel FARMER v. Earl Davis CHANEY and wife, Betty Bowlin Chaney.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ottway Burton, Asheboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

Allan R. Gitter and William C. Raper, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, for defendants-appellees.


HUSKINS, Justice:

Defendants moved for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiff's evidence. The motion was allowed, and plaintiff's sole assignment of error is addressed to the propriety of that ruling.

On motion by a defendant for a directed verdict at close of plaintiff's evidence in a jury case, as here, the evidence must be taken as true and considered in the light most favorable to plaintiff. When so considered...

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