Cagle ex rel. Beaty v. Robert Hall Clothes

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether plaintiffs’ evidence was sufficient to withstand defendant’s *244motion for a directed verdict. Plaintiff’s evidence is to be taken as true and considered in the light most favorable to him, giving him the benefit of every fact and inference pertaining to the issues which may be reasonably deduced from the evidence. Magnolia Apartments, Inc. v. P. Huber Hanes, 8 N.C. 394, 174 S.E. 2d 828.

Plaintiffs alleged, in pertinent part, that on 2 August 1968, Judy H. Beaty and her son, Reece Walter Cagle, and other relatives went to the defendant’s store…