COOK v. EXPORT LEAF TOBACCO CO.

No. 807SC429.

272 S.E.2d 883 (1980)

Harry L. COOK v. EXPORT LEAF TOBACCO COMPANY v. John L. COOK, D/B/A John L. Cook Plumbing Company.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Connor, Lee, Connor, Reece & Bunn by James F. Rogerson and Cyrus F. Lee, Wilson, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Hudson, Petree, Stockton, Stockton & Robinson by Norwood Robinson and Daniel R. Taylor Jr., Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellee.


HILL, Judge.

Plaintiff assigns as error the trial judge's action allowing defendant's motion for a directed verdict.

When a motion for a directed verdict is made under Rule 50, the trial judge must determine whether the evidence taken in the light most favorable to the plaintiff and giving him the benefit of every reasonable inference which can be drawn therefrom, was sufficient to withstand defendant's motion for a directed verdict. In ruling on a motion...

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