Opinion

American Credit Co. of Winston-Salem, Inc. v. Brown

  • 10 N.C. App. 382
  • 178 S.E.2d 649
  • 1971 N.C. App. LEXIS 1640
Court
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Filed
Feb 3, 1971
Status
Published
Author
Parker
On the bench
Parker, Mallard, Graham
Cited by
3 cases
Authority
More cited than 65.0%

The opinion

PARKER, Judge.

In charging the jury the trial judge did not at any time “declare and explain the law arising on the evidence given in the case.”.This he was required to do. G.S. 1A-1, Rule 51(a); 7 Strong, N.C. Index 2d, Trial, § 33, p. 324,

et seq.

The jury was given no guidance as to what facts, if found by them to be true, would justify them in answering the sole issue submitted to them either in the affirmative or the negative. For failure of the trial judge to comply with the mandate of Rule 51(a), plaintiff is entitled to a

New trial.

Chief Judge Mallard and Judge Graham concur.

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