Boyd v. Drum
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
HORTON, Judge.
Plaintiffs contend the trial court erred in: (I) denying their motion to amend the pleadings to conform to the evidence; and (II) granting directed verdicts and dismissing the cases against defendants Drum *590and Balls Creek. Defendants Read and ADR are not parties to this appeal.
I
Plaintiffs first assign as error the failure of the court to allow them to amend their complaint to conform to the evidence. A motion to amend the pleadings is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court and is not reviewable on appeal in the absence of a showing of abuse of discretion. Flores v.…
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