Legal Opinion

Lemons v. Lemons

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided July 3, 1974No. 7415DC422PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BALEY, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the refusal of the court to grant his motion for a directed verdict. In our view the evidence when viewed in its most favorable light for the plaintiff was not sufficient for submission to the jury, and defendant’s motion for a directed verdict should have been granted.

No useful purpose is served by recounting details of the marital difficulties of plaintiff and defendant and endeavoring to assess fault. Suffice to say, plaintiff’s own testimony shows that before the separation she and the defendant discussed such separation and agreed that it would be…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Panhorst v. PanhorstSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Williams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
  2. Gardner v. GardnerCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1979
  3. Williams v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1979
  4. Cox v. CoxCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1978
  5. Painter v. PainterCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1974

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