O'GRADY v. FIRST UNION NAT. BANK

No. 25.

250 S.E.2d 587 (1978)

296 N.C. 212

Thomas O'GRADY, James R. Pridemore, Peter MacQueen, III, and Mary G. MacQueen, Plaintiffs, v. FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK of North Carolina, Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff. BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA, N.A., Defendant, v. Jack F. STEWART and Wayne C. Huddleston, Third Party Defendants.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crossley & Johnson by Robert White Johnson, Wilmington, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Parker, Rice & Myles by Charles E. Rice, III, Wilmington, for First Union Nat. Bank of North Carolina, defendant-appellee.


MOORE, Justice.

The case was tried in the absence of a jury. A Rule 50(a) motion for directed verdict is appropriate only to a case tried before a jury. In non-jury trials Rule 41(b), Involuntary Dismissal, provides for a procedure whereby, at the close of the plaintiff's evidence, the judge can give judgment against the plaintiff, not only because his proof has failed to make out a case (as is permitted under Rule 50), but also on the basis of facts as the judge...

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