Investment Properties of Asheville, Inc. v. Allen

188 S.E.2d 441 (1972)

281 N.C. 174

INVESTMENT PROPERTIES OF ASHEVILLE, INC., and Baxter H. Taylor

v.

Martha Norburn Mead ALLEN.

No. 94.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 10, 1972.

Rehearing Granted June 28, 1972.

Williams, Morris & Golding by James F. Blue, III, Asheville, for defendant-appellant.

Bennett, Kelly & Long, by Harold K. Bennett, Asheville, for plaintiffs-appellees.

MOORE, Justice.

Defendant Allen first contends the trial court erred in denying her motion for a directed verdict made at the close of all the evidence.

On a motion for a directed verdict by the defendant, the court must…