Legal Opinion

Edwards v. Vaughn

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided June 12, 1953No. 675PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDenNy, J.

Tbe defendant assigns as error tbe refusal of tbe court below to sustain bis motion for judgment as of nonsuit interposed, in both cases, at tbe close of tbe evidence for plaintiffs and renewed at tbe close of all tbe evidence.

We will consider this assignment of error first since, if it is sustained, it will not be necessary to consider the defendant’s other assignments of error, or those relied upon by Edwards and West on their appeal.

The plaintiffs here, as in all cases where a motion for judgment as of nonsuit is interposed, are entitled to have their evidence considered in the light most…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Bundy v. . PowellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1949
  2. Harrison v. North Carolina RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1927
  3. Wall v. . BainSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1942
  4. Godwin v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941
  5. Atkins v. . Transportation Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1944

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Anderson v. CarterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1968
  2. Primm v. KingSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1958
  3. Raper v. ByrumSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
  4. Williamson v. RandallSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1958
  5. Bradham v. McLEAN TRUCKING COMPANYSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1956

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