MATTHEWS v. JAMES

No. 8718SC271.

362 S.E.2d 594 (1987)

Frederick Richard MATTHEWS, Jr., Individually and as the Executor of the Estate of Frederick Richard Matthews, Sr. v. Leslie Pride JAMES, William A. Davis, Jr., as he is guardian for the benefit of Courtney Suzanne Pride James, and Blue Bell, Inc., a Delaware Corporation.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beskind and Rudolf, P.A. by Heidi G. Chapman and Donald H. Beskind, Chapel Hill, for plaintiff-appellee.

Haines, Short, Campbell and Ferguson by Forrest E. Campbell, Greensboro, for defendant-appellant.


PARKER, Judge.

On this appeal, defendants raise three assignments of error: (i) that the trial court erred in denying defendants' motions for directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict; (ii) that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of the decedent's mental, emotional, and physical condition at a time remote from the change of beneficiary designations at issue in the case; and (iii) that the trial court erred in refusing to give jury instructions...

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