Legal Opinion

Benton v. C. G. Willis, Inc.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided March 16, 1960PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHiggiNS, J.

During the trial the defendant entered four exceptions, all unnumbered. In sequence they are: (1) To the overruling of the *169motion to nonsuit at the close of the plaintiff's evidence; (2) to the overruling of the motion repeated at the close of all the evidence; (3) to the refusal of the court to set the verdict aside; and (4) to the judgment. All other exceptions appear for the first time in the assignments of error, of which there are seven.

Assignment No. 1 is based on Exception No. 2, to the refusal to grant the nonsuit at the close of all the evidence. Assignments 2, 3, and 4 relate to the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Bailey v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. Schulz v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  4. Butler v. WhitemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. Holden v. HoldenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1956

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Sherrill v. BoyceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
  2. State v. DunnSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965

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