Barrow Ex Rel. Barrow v. Keel
Supreme Court of North Carolina
1Opinion of the CourtDevin, J.
Tbe plaintiff instituted bis action for damages for a personal injury alleged to bave been proximately caused by tbe negligence of tbe defendants in tbe operation of an automobile upon tbe bigbway. At the close of the evidence the court below sustained motion for judgment of nonsuit and plaintiff appealed.
It is the accepted rule that upon a motion for judgment of nonsuit the evidence for the plaintiff must be considered in its most favorable light, and if there be any competent evidence tending to prove the facts in issue the case must be submitted to the jury. S. v. Adams, ante, 243;…
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