D. M. Wright Builders, Inc. v. Bridgers
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
1Opinion of the CourtBritt, J.
Defendant assigns as error the refusal of the trial court to allow her motion for judgment as of nonsuit interposed at the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence and renewed at the conclusion of all the evidence. The assignment of error is well taken.
Although the parties refer to the paper writing signed by defendant and dated 27 April 1959 as an option, it is doubtful that the document deserves the connotation.
Even if the document is considered an option, the terms are so indefinite as to render its construction impossible. Since both parties — in their pleadings, testimony in the trial court,…
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