Lillian Knitting Mills Co. v. Earle

DeNNy, J.,

after stating tbe case: Tbe defendants assign as error tbe failure of tbe trial judge to sustain tbeir motion for judgment as of nonsuit interposed at tbe close of tbe plaintiff’s evidence, while tbe appellee relies solely on tbe case of Solomon v. Bates, 118 N.C. 311, 24 S.E. 478, and the principles of law applied therein with respect to tbe liability of bank directors, to sustain tbe verdict below.

In the case of Solomon v. Bates, supra, this Court, prior to tbe adoption of our comprehensive laws regulating banks, said, “Where tbe object of tbe suit is to charge tbe directors with…