Lamb v. Staples

Tbis appeal challenges tbe action of tbe lower court in (1) allowing tbe motion for nonsuit at tbe close of tbe plaintiff’s evidence, and (2) excluding testimony proffered by tbe plaintiff.

1. The Question of Nonsuit. — The contract declared on binds tbe defendants to sell and tbe plaintiff to purchase certain timber on a 1200-acre tract of land in Camden County, North Carolina, for tbe sum of $45,000, payable $10,000 casli on delivery of deed, with the balance of $35,000 to be evidenced by note secured by purchase money deed of trust, due 18 months after date, with further provision that the…