AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS v. HOWELL'S MOTOR FREIGHT, INC.

No. 7926SC762.

264 S.E.2d 774 (1980)

AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORP., d/b/a American Home Foods v. HOWELL'S MOTOR FREIGHT, INC.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. W. Clayton, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellee.

Lindsey, Schrimsher, Erwin, Bernhardt & Hewitt, P. A., by Lawrence W. Hewitt, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.


WELLS, Judge.

In its first assignment of error, defendant argues that the trial court erred in denying its motion for a directed verdict at close of plaintiff's evidence under G.S. 1A-1, Rule 50(a). This assignment must be overruled. On a motion for directed verdict at the close of the plaintiff's evidence in a jury case, the evidence must be taken as true and considered in the light most favorable to plaintiff, and the motion may be granted only if, as a matter of...

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