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Rogers v. RogersRogers v. Rogers

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Sep 29, 1965
115
Reporters:
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Before:
Per Curiam
Per CüRiam.

The appellant assigns as error the failure of the court below to sustain his motion for ‍‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‍judgment as of nonsuit, interposed at the close of plaintiff’s evidence and renewed at the close of all the evidence.

A careful consideration of the evidence adduced in the trial below leads us ‍‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‍to the conclusion that it was sufficient to carry the case to the jury against the defendant Davis, and we so hold.

The appellant also assigns as error numerous excerpts from the court’s ‍‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‍charge to the jury bearing on negligence, proximate cause and damages. Many of these portions of the charge are simply unintelligible. We do not believe the able judge who tried this case ‍‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‍charged the jury in the manner in which the charge is set out in the record. *388 Even so, counsel for the respective parties agreed to the case on appeal and we are bound ‍‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‍by it. Respass v. Bonner, 237 N.C. 310, 74 S.E. 2d 721.

The appellant is awarded a new trial.

New trial.

Case Details

Case Name: Rogers v. Rogers
Court Name: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Date Published: Sep 29, 1965
Citations: 265 N.C. 386; 144 S.E.2d 48; 1965 N.C. LEXIS 992; 115
Docket Number: 115
Court Abbreviation: N.C.
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