DENNING v. LEE

No. 7711SC331.

241 S.E.2d 706 (1978)

Luther Perry DENNING v. David H. LEE.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 7, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doffermyre & Rizzo, by L. Randolph Doffermyre III, Dunn, for plaintiff appellant.

Stewart & Hayes, by Gerald W. Hayes, Jr., Dunn, for defendant appellee.


ERWIN, Judge.

The plaintiff's sole assignment of error is that the trial court erred in allowing the defendant's motion for a directed verdict and in signing and entering its judgment. We agree. The grounds for the motion were that plaintiff had failed to show malice and lack of probable cause and that the warrant was defective. It is well settled that on a motion by a defendant for a directed verdict under Rule 50(a), the court must consider the evidence in the light...

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