SCHELL v. RICE

No. 776DC277.

246 S.E.2d 61 (1978)

37 N.C. App. 377

Martha E. SCHELL v. J. L. RICE and Walter Ward.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 1, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allsbrook, Benton, Knott, Allsbrook & Cranford by William O. White, Jr., Roanoke Rapids, for plaintiff-appellee.

Satisky & Silverstein by Howard P. Satisky, Raleigh, for defendants-appellants.


PARKER, Judge.

Defendants first assign error to the denial of their motion for a directed verdict. They contend that their motion should have been allowed, first, because plaintiff's evidence showed that she held only a life estate in the property, the remainder interest being in her two sons who are not parties to this action. There is no merit to this contention. As life tenant plaintiff was entitled to the immediate possession of the property, and she was entitled...

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