Legal Opinion

Hill v. Philadelphia Life Insurance

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided January 27, 1931PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtClarksoN, J.

Tbe defendant, at the close of plaintiff’s evidence, and at the close of all the evidence, made motions in the court below for judgment as in case of nonsuit, O. S., 567, which the court overruled. In this we can see no error.

“It is the well settled rule of practice and accepted position in this jurisdiction that, on a motion to- nonsuit, the evidence which makes for the plaintiff’s claim and which tends to support her cause of action, whether offered by the plaintiff or elicited from the defendant’s witnesses, will be taken and considered in its most favorable light for the plaintiff, and…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Insurance Co. v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Insurance Co. v. EgglestonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  3. Quinlan v. Providence Washington InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  4. Wood v. . American Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
  5. Hampton v. . Spinning CompanySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1930

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. High Country Arts and Craft Guild v. Hartford Fire Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
  2. Gurley v. Life & Casualty InsuranceDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1955

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