WILKINSON v. CHARLES INV. CO.

No. 7926SC731.

268 S.E.2d 263 (1980)

48 N.C. App. 213

Torrence B. WILKINSON v. CHARLES INVESTMENT COMPANY, Aubrey Elam and Darrell Setliff.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Childers, Fowler & Whitt by Max L. Childers, Mount Holly, for plaintiff-appellee.

Fleming, Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson by Richard A. Vinroot, Charlotte, for defendants-appellants.


WEBB, Judge.

The defendants' first assignment of error pertains to the charge. The court correctly charged the jury as to how to determine damages and then concluded with the following statement:

"It [plaintiff's damages] may be none, or it may be in such amount as you find by the greater weight of the evidence that the plaintiff is entitled to receive and recover at this issue. . . ."

The defendants contend this statement was misleading in that...

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