Legal Opinion

Presson v. Presson

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided August 4, 1971No. 7126DC466PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRITT, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the denial of his motion to • dismiss made at the close of plaintiff’s evidence and renewed at the close of all the evidence. Such a motion, apparently, made under Rule 41 (b), in an action or cause tried by the court without a jury challenges the sufficiency of the plaintiff’s evidence to establish her right to relief. Wells v. Sturdivant Life Ins. Co., 10 N.C. App. 584, 179 S.E. 2d 806 (1971). In determining the sufficiency of the evidence in this cause, when the trial judge denied defendant’s motion for dismissal, he was subject to the same…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Wells v. STURDIVANT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1971
  2. Taylor v. . TaylorSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1877
  3. Barwick v. . BarwickSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1947
  4. Sanders v. SandersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
  5. Sanders v. . SandersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1911

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Gardner v. GardnerCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1979
  2. Briggs v. BriggsCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1974
  3. Cornelison v. CornelisonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1980
  4. Ramsey v. RamseyCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1972

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