Higgins v. BUILDERS AND FINANCE INCORPORATED

PARKER, Judge.

No reason or argument has been stated and no authority has been cited in appellant’s brief in support of appellant’s first four assignments of error. Accordingly, these will be taken as abandoned. Rule 28, Rules of Practice in the Court of Appeals.

At the close of the evidence the attorney for defendant moved under Rule 50 of the Rules of Civil Procedure for a “directed verdict dismissing the plaintiffs’ case.” Denial of this motion is the subject of appellant’s fifth assignment of error. Directed verdicts are appropriate only in jury cases. Bryant v. Kelly, 279 N.C. 123, 181…