Morgan v. Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Supreme Court of North Carolina
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
Defendant has brought forward and discussed in its brief only two assignments of error: first, the denial of its motion for judgment of compulsory nonsuit made at the close of plaintiff’s evidence, and second, the denial of a similar motion made at the close of all the evidence.
It is well-established law in this jurisdiction that in ruling upon a motion for a compulsory judgment of nonsuit, after all the evidence of plaintiff and defendant is in, the court may consider so much of defendant’s evidence as is favorable to plaintiff or tends to clarify or explain evidence offered by plaintiff not…
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