Williams v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

Defendants earnestly contend that the nonsuit in favor of the Garysburg Manufacturing Company should be sustained and that the verdict in favor of the Atlantic Coast Line should be upheld, but we think there was more than a scintilla of evidence offered on the hearing tending to establish the plaintiff’s position as against both defendants, which was sufficient to carry the matters to the jury for its consideration and determination.

It is now the settled rule of practice in this jurisdiction that, on a motion to nonsuit, the evidence which makes for the plaintiff’s claim and which tends to…