Mutual Benefit Life Insurance v. City of Winston-Salem

WELLS, Judge.. Plaintiff-appellant contends the trial court erred in denying its directed verdict motion on the issues of actual and apparent authority.

In its first assignment of error, plaintiff contends that the trial court erred in denying its motion for directed verdict on the issue of actual authority. The jury having answered the issue of actual authority in plaintiff’s favor, plaintiff was not prejudiced by the denial of its motion for a directed verdict on that issue. See McCall v. Warehousing, Inc., 272 N.C. 190, 158 S.E.2d 72 (1967).

Plaintiff also contends the trial court erred in…