AYSCUE v. MULLEN

No. 8510DC460.

336 S.E.2d 863 (1985)

Cindy T. AYSCUE and Diane S. Harris v. Rebecca S. MULLEN and Richard (Rick) Mullen.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 3, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calder, Narron & Jordan by Joseph A. Calder and V. Thomas Jordan, Jr., Wendell, for plaintiff-appellees.

Moore, Ragsdale, Liggett, Ray & Foley by Peter M. Foley and Nancy Dail Fountain, Raleigh, for defendants-appellants.


ARNOLD, Judge.

Defendants first contend that there is insufficient evidence to support plaintiffs' claims of false imprisonment and therefore the trial court erred in denying defendants' motions for a directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. We disagree.

Settled principles establish that the purpose of 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...

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