Campbell v. Connor

*629WHICHARD, Judge.

Respondents contend the court erred in denying their motion for a directed verdict made at the close of petitioner’s evidence and renewed at the close of all the evidence. A motion for a directed verdict must state the specific grounds therefor. N.C. Gen. Stat. 1A-1, Rule 50(a). The record does not include either a written statement of the grounds for the motion or a transcript of oral arguments made in support of the motion. See Hensley v. Ramsey, 283 N.C. 714, 726, 199 S.E. 2d 1, 8 (1973). As petitioner does not raise this omission, however, and both parties argue the…