HAWKS v. BRINDLE

No. 8017DC569.

275 S.E.2d 277 (1981)

Robert Lee HAWKS and wife, Juanita L. Hawks, (Appellants) v. Daniel Arthur BRINDLE, and wife, Deborah Mae Brindle, (Appellees).

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Fawcett, Mount Airy, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Carl E. Bell, Mount Airy, for defendants-appellees.


CLARK, Judge.

Plaintiffs assign as error the trial court's granting of a directed verdict for defendants at the close of plaintiffs' evidence on the issue of fraud. A motion for directed verdict raises the question of whether the non-movant has produced enough evidence to go to the jury. The non-movant's evidence must be taken as true and considered in the light most favorable to him, and a directed verdict may be properly granted only if, as a matter of law, the...

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