Joyce v. Sell

The allowance of defendant’s motion for judgment of involuntary nonsuit requires consideration of plaintiffs’ evidence in the light most.favorable for them. Ervin v. Mills Co., ante, 415.

Plaintiffs’ evidence tended to show that desiring to close their mercantile business in Mt. Airy, North Carolina, they contracted to sell and the defendant contracted to purchase their entire stock of hardware, and automotive and electrical appliances at one-half the manufacturer’s cost price, amounting to $3,151.70. This was 16 June, 1948. The goods were promptly delivered to the defendant at his place of…