Owens v. Blackwood Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
1Opinion of the CourtClarkson, J.
At the close of plaintiffs’ evidence and at the close of all the evidence the defendants made motions in the court below for judgment as in case of nonsuit. C. S., 567. The court below granted the motion at the close of all the evidence. We do not think the judgment of nonsuit in the court below, at the close of all the evidence, can be sustained. Upon a motion as of nonsuit, all the evidence which makes for plaintiff’s claim or tends to support his cause of action is to be considered in its most favorable light for plaintiff, and be is entitled to every reasonable intendment thereon and…
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- Thompson v. . BuchananSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1928
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