Cook v. Export Leaf Tobacco Co.

HILL, Judge.

Plaintiff assigns as error the trial judge’s action allowing defendant’s motion for a directed verdict.

When a motion for a directed verdict is made under Rule 50, the trial judge must determine whether the evidence taken in the light most favorable to the plaintiff and giving him the benefit of every reasonable inference which can be drawn therefrom, was sufficient to withstand defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. In ruling on a motion for a directed verdict, the court must resolve any discrepancies in the evidence in favor of the party against whom the motion is made. See…