DURHAM v. QUINCY MUT. FIRE INS. CO.

No. 519PA83.

317 S.E.2d 372 (1984)

Erastus Jones DURHAM v. QUINCY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morrow & Reavis by John F. Morrow, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff-appellant.

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice by Allan R. Gitter and Richard T. Rice, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellee.


MARTIN, Justice.

We have examined all of the errors assigned by the defendant and, in particular, the two errors upon which the Court of Appeals has based its decision to award the defendant a new trial, and we reverse. For reasons which follow, we conclude that the trial of this case and the judgment entered thereupon must be sustained.

The defendant fire insurance company attempted to show at trial that a possible motive for plaintiff's intentionally setting...

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