Opinion
No. 47PA93
Filed 8 October 1993
On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-31 of a decision of the Court of Appeals, 108 N.C. App. 496, 424 S.E.2d 160 (1993), reversing an order entered 24 June 1991 and a judgment entered 25 June 1991 by Long, J., in Superior Court, Union County, granting respondents' motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Heard in the Supreme Court 17 September 1993.
Steelman Long, by Sanford L. Steelman, Jr., for petitioner-appellee.
James E. Griffin and Larry E. Harrington for respondent-appellants.
On the authority of Speight v. Anderson, 226 N.C. 492, 39 S.E.2d 371 (1946) (see also West v. Slick, 313 N.C. 33, 326 S.E.2d 601 (1985)), the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed. The case is remanded to the Court of Appeals for further remand to the Superior Court, Union County, for reinstatement of the order and judgment allowing the respondents' motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.