Smith v. VonCannon

LAKE, Justice.

The question for the reviewing court on an appeal from a judgment on a directed verdict in favor of the defendant is the same as that presented by an appeal from a judgment of involuntary nonsuit under our practice prior to the adoption of the Rules of Civil Procedure. Younts v. Insurance Co., 281 N.C. 582, 189 S.E. 2d 137; Investment Properties v. Allen, 281 N.C. 174, 188 S.E. 2d 441; Cutts v. Casey, 278 N.C. 390, 180 S.E. 2d 297; Kelly v. Harvester Co., 278 N.C. 153, 179 S.E. 2d 396. Thus, the question presented by this appeal is whether the evidence in the record, considered…