Byerly v. Byerly

HEDRICK, Judge.

Plaintiff assigns as error the trial court’s “granting of the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence on the grounds that the defendant failed to specify the specific grounds for the motion and on the grounds that there were questions of fact which were to be determined by the jury.”

G.S. § 1A-1, Rule 50(a) provides: “A motion for a directed verdict shall state the specific grounds therefor.” Our appellate courts have held this direction to be mandatory, Anderson v. Butler, 284 N.C. 723, 202 S.E. 2d 585 (1974); Wheeler v. Denton, 9 *553…