Howell v. Waters

WHICHARD, Judge.

Plaintiff contends the court erred by granting defendant’s motion for a directed verdict “in view of plaintiffs evidence that Defendant’s agent misrepresented the boundary lines of the tract of land which plaintiff purchased.” In ruling on a motion for a directed verdict the court must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party. Husketh v. Convenient Systems, 295 N.C. 459, 461, 245 S.E. 2d 507, 508-09 (1978). The motion should be granted only if the evidence is insufficient, as a matter of law, to support a verdict for the nonmoving party. Id.

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