Valdosta Roofing & Supply Co. v. Lawrence

Code § 110-310 provides: “A nonsuit shall not be granted merely because the court would not allow a verdict for plaintiff to stand; but if the plaintiff fails to make out a prima facie case, or if, admitting all the facts proved and all reasonable deductions from them, the plaintiff ought not to recover, a nonsuit shall be granted.” The plaintiff brought the present suit against the defendant on open account to recover the difference between the total of the weekly sums ($65 a week) advanced to the defendant by the plaintiff and the amount of the profit coming to the defendant from the…