Metcalf v. Palmer

EAGLES, Judge.

Defendants first assign as error the trial court’s denial of their motion for a directed verdict made at the end of plaintiffs’ presentation of evidence. In granting or denying such a motion, the trial court must decide whether the evidence when considered in the light most favorable to the non-movant party is sufficient for submission to the jury. Sessoms v. Roberson, 47 N.C. App. 573, 268 S.E. 2d 24 (1980). In the present case the plaintiffs presented evidence that defendants Palmer, Palmer and Coffey hired defendant Brooks to sell the property later purchased by plaintiffs,…