Legal Opinion

Teseneer v. Henrietta Mills Co.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided March 18, 1936PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtClarkson, J.

The first question: Should plaintiffs be nonsuited? We think not.

At the close of plaintiffs’ evidence and at the close of all the evidence the defendant in the court below made motions for judgment as of non-suit. C. S., 567. The court below overruled these motions, and in this we can see no error.

Upon a motion as of nonsuit all the evidence which makes for plaintiff’s claim or tends to support his cause of action is to be considered in its most favorable light for plaintiff, and he is entitled to every reasonable intendment thereon and every reasonable inference therefrom.

The competent…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Britt v. Carolina Northern RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
  2. Shelton v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1927
  3. Brown v. . Power Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
  4. Hicks v. . Love and Bruton v. . LoveSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1931
  5. Rouse v. City of KinstonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1924

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Tyndall Ex Rel. Tyndall v. Harvey C. Hines Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1946
  2. Town of Belhaven v. HodgesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1946
  3. Clinard v. Town of KernersvilleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1940
  4. Owens v. . Lumber Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1937
  5. Spears v. RandolphSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1955

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