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180 N.C. 672

104 S.E 651

Burcham v. . Wolfe

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided November 17, 1920

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1920-11-17

<p>Appeal and Error — Objections and Exceptions — Evidence—Motions—Non-suit — Instructions.</p> <p>Tbe question of the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain a verdict against the defendant in an action against a register of deeds for wrongfully issuing a marriage license, should be raised by a motion to nonsuit or a proper prayer for instruction, for it to be considered on appeal.</p>

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently March 1955

3 state decisions

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1920-11-17

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Pee CuRiam.

¶1 Upon examination of the record we find that there was no motion to nonsuit, and no prayer for instruction which raises the question of the sufficiency of the evidence to be submitted to the jury. Therefore the judgment is.

¶2 Affirmed.

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