Calhoun v. Calhoun

BECTON, Judge.

In this action by the estate of John R. Calhoun, deceased, to recover the unpaid balance of alleged loans made by John R. Calhoun to his nephew, John S. Calhoun, we must determine the propriety of the trial court’s judgment granting defendants’ Rule 50 motion for a directed verdict. The only evidence presented by the plaintiffs in this case was the testimony of the defendant-nephew, John S. Calhoun (nephew).

The purpose of a motion for a directed verdict under Rule 50 of the Rules of Civil Procedure is to test the legal sufficiency of the non-movant’s evidence to take the case to…