Homeland, Inc. v. Backer

HEDRICK, Chief Judge.

Defendants assign error to the trial court’s granting plaintiffs motion for directed verdict on the issues of waste and nonpayment of rent.

On a motion for directed verdict the trial court must consider the evidence in the light most favorable to the non-moving party, and may grant the motion only if, as a matter of law, the evidence is insufficient to justify a verdict in favor of the non-moving party. Rappaport v. Days Inn, 296 N.C. 382, 250 S.E. 2d 245 (1979). A directed verdict in favor of the party with the burden of proof is proper only when the proponent has…