ARCHER v. NORWOOD

No. 7727SC596.

246 S.E.2d 37 (1978)

37 N.C. App. 432

Pinkie N. ARCHER and husband Paul Archer and Barbara Worick and husband, Donald Worick v. Delbert Herman NORWOOD, unmarried, and Leroy Thomas Norwood, unmarried, and Leroy Thomas Norwood, Executor of the Estate of Leota N. Constantine, Deceased.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Patton Cooke by R. T. Wilder, Jr., Gastonia, for petitioners.

Basil L. Whitener and Anne M. Lamm, Gastonia, for respondents.


BROCK, Chief Judge.

Respondents first assign error to the introduction into evidence of the contents of letters written by respondent Leroy Norwood. Respondents contend that the letters, which contained virulent attacks on petitioners Archer, were calculated to incite hostility on the part of the jury toward Leroy Norwood, and were thus prejudicial to respondents' case.

This assignment of error must be overruled. The central issue before the jury was the authenticity...

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