Legal Opinion

Watts v. . Lefler

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 16, 1925PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtOlabksoN, J.

The plaintiffs’ assignments of error, as to the exclusion of evidence, will not be considered. The questions may not arise on another trial of the case. The main question we will consider: The court below granting the motion of defendant A. E. Lefler for judgment as in case of nonsuit at the close of the plaintiffs’ evidence. C. S., 567.

The accepted rule is: “On a motion to nonsuit, the evidence is to be taken in the light most favorable to plaintiff, and he is entitled to the benefit of every reasonable intendment upon the evidence and every reasonable inference to be drawn therefrom.”…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Griffin v. RussellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1915
  2. Arkin v. PageIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
  3. King v. SmytheTennessee Supreme Court · 1918
  4. Taylor v. . StewartSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1916
  5. Robertson ex rel. King v. AldridgeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1923

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Pinnix v. . GriffinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1942
  2. Smith v. SimpsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1963
  3. Cox v. ShawSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
  4. Matthews v. . CheathamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1936
  5. Watson v. BurleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1928

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