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Norris v. Texaco, Inc.

North Carolina Court of Appeals
Jun 1, 1971
181 S.E.2d 604 (N.C. Ct. App. 1971)

Opinion

No. 7121SC388

Filed 23 June 1971

APPEAL by plaintiff from Lupton, Judge, 7 December 1970 Session of Superior Court for the trial of civil cases held in FORSYTH County.

White, Crumpler Pfefferkorn by James G. White and Michael J. Lewis for plaintiff appellant.

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge Rice by Charles F. Vance, Jr., and James C. Frenzel for defendant appellee.


Plaintiff alleged that he sustained damages in the sum of $15,000.00 when the defendant breached its lease with him. Defendant denied that it breached the lease and filed a counterclaim alleging that plaintiff was indebted to it in the amount of $2,915.80.

At the close of all the evidence the court allowed the defendant's motion for a directed verdict on plaintiff's cause of action and submitted one issue to the jury on the defendant's counterclaim. The jury by its verdict found that the plaintiff was indebted to the defendant in the sum of $1,530.10. The plaintiff appealed from the judgment entered that he recover nothing of the defendant and that the defendant recover $1,530.10 of the plaintiff.


After carefully examining all of the assignments of error properly made and brought forward by the plaintiff, we are of the opinion and so hold that no reversible error is made to appear.

No error.

Judges PARKER and VAUGHN concur.


Summaries of

Norris v. Texaco, Inc.

North Carolina Court of Appeals
Jun 1, 1971
181 S.E.2d 604 (N.C. Ct. App. 1971)
Case details for

Norris v. Texaco, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:JAMES E. NORRIS v. TEXACO, INC

Court:North Carolina Court of Appeals

Date published: Jun 1, 1971

Citations

181 S.E.2d 604 (N.C. Ct. App. 1971)
181 S.E.2d 604