Godwin v. Johnson Cotton Co.

78 S.E.2d 772 (1953)

238 N.C. 627

GODWIN

v.

JOHNSON COTTON CO.

No. 243.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 25, 1953.

Salmon & Hooper, Lillington, I. R. Williams, Dunn, for appellant.

J. R. Barefoot, Benson, Doffermyre & Stewart, for appellee.

DENNY, Justice.

The defendant assigns as error the refusal of the court below to sustain its motion for judgment of nonsuit.

The plaintiff, as in all cases where a motion for judgment of nonsuit is interposed, is entitled to have her evidence considered in the light most favorable to her and to the benefit of every reasonable inference to be drawn therefrom.…