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MATTER OF WILL OF FIELDS

No. 8415SC1309.

331 S.E.2d 193 (1985)

In the Matter of the WILL OF Emma Ellis FIELDS, Deceased.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 2, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cheshire & Parker by Lucius M. Cheshire, Hillsborough, for propounder-appellant.

Long & Long by Lunsford Long, Chapel Hill, for caveator-appellee.

WELLS, Judge.

The decisive question brought forward on appeal is whether the court erred in denying propounder's motions for directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. We apply the same evidentiary test to both motions. Summey v. Cauthen, 283 N.C. 640, 197 S.E.2d 549 (1973). We consider the evidence in the light most favorable to the caveator, deeming her evidence to be...

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