Opinion
No. 51
Filed 3 November 1981
APPEAL pursuant to G.S. 7A-30 (2) from a decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals which reversed the entry of a directed verdict for defendants at the close of all the evidence by Judge Lupton at the 7 April 1980 Session of RANDOLPH Superior Court. The opinion of the Court of Appeals, reported at 52 N.C. App. 38, 278 S.E.2d 521 (1981), is by Judge Wells with Judge Vaughn concurring. Judge Clark dissented.
Boyan and Nix, by Clarence C. Boyan and Kathleen E. Nix, Attorneys for plaintiff appellee.
Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell Hunter, by Stephen P. Millikin and Jeri L. Whitfield, Attorneys for defendant appellants.
The facts are fully and accurately set out in the Court of Appeals' opinion. For the reasons given in that opinion the decision of the Court of Appeals is
Affirmed.