Northern National Life Insurance v. Lacy J. Miller MacHine Co.

MITCHELL, Justice.

Northern National Life Insurance Company (hereinafter “Northern”), the plaintiff-appellant, contends in this appeal that the majority in the Court of Appeals erred in upholding the trial court’s refusal to grant the plaintiffs motion for a directed verdict and judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Since we find that the trial court was correct in submitting this case to the jury, we affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals.

The Lacy J. Miller Machine Company (hereinafter “Miller Company”) is a North Carolina corporation in which the decedent, Lacy J. Miller, was a majority…