WALLACE BY MAGERS v. EVANS

No. 8221SC170.

298 S.E.2d 193 (1982)

Timothy Alphonso WALLACE, Minor, by his Guardian ad Litem, Bruce MAGERS, and Ernest Wallace Jr., Minor, by his Guardian ad Litem Bruce Magers, Lee Benton Wallace and Shirley T. Wallace v. Cecil Taylor EVANS.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frye, Booth & Porter by Leslie G. Frye, Winston-Salem, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Henson & Henson by Perry C. Henson and Paul D. Coates, Greensboro, for defendant-appellee.


WHICHARD, Judge.

Settled principles establish that the purpose of a G.S. 1A-1, Rule 50(a) motion for directed verdict is to test the legal sufficiency of the evidence to take the case to the jury and to support a verdict for plaintiffs; that in determining such a motion the evidence should be considered in the light most favorable to plaintiffs, and the plaintiffs should be given the benefit of all reasonable inferences; and that the motion should be denied if there...

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