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Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. v. West

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Apr 1, 1991
402 S.E.2d 409 (N.C. 1991)

Opinion

No. 586A90

Filed 3 April 1991

APPEAL as of right by defendant pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7A-30 from a decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 100 N.C. App. 668, 397 S.E.2d 765 (1990), affirming an order of Lewis (Robert), J., entered at the 23 October 1989 Civil Session of Superior Court, HAYWOOD County, directing a verdict for plaintiff at the close of all the evidence. Heard in the Supreme Court 14 March 1991.

Roberts Stevens Cogburn, P.A., by Gwynn G. Radeker, for plaintiff-appellee.

Patla, Straus, Robinson Moore, P.A., by Harold K Bennett, for defendant-appellant.


Affirmed.


Summaries of

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. v. West

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Apr 1, 1991
402 S.E.2d 409 (N.C. 1991)
Case details for

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. v. West

Case Details

Full title:SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. RICHARD WEST

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: Apr 1, 1991

Citations

402 S.E.2d 409 (N.C. 1991)
402 S.E.2d 409

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