WEST v. SLICK

No. 111PA83.

326 S.E.2d 601 (1985)

Margaret M. WEST, Clifford Scott, Caleb Poyner, Elwyn Walker, James O. Dunton, Donald Adams, Samuel H. Lamb, Samuel H. Lamb, II, Pamela V. Weiland, Petitioners, v. Earl F. SLICK and wife, Jane P. Slick, Pine Island Development Venture, RDC, Inc., Respondents.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford, Adams, McCullough & Beard by J. Allen Adams, Charles C. Meeker and Steven J. Levitas, Raleigh, for petitioners.

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice by W.F. Womble, Allan R. Gitter and William McBlief, Winston-Salem, Leroy, Wells, Shaw, Hornthal, Riley & Shearin by Dewey W. Wells, Elizabeth City, for respondents.


MEYER, Justice.

The primary issue presented on this appeal is whether the petitioners' evidence was sufficient to take the case to the jury. We find that it was and for the reasons stated herein we reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and remand the case to the trial division for trial on the merits.

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