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  "name": "LESSIE SIMMONS, Plaintiff v. C. W. MYERS TRADING POST, INC., Defendant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Simmons v. C. W. Myers Trading Post, Inc.",
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    "judges": [
      "Judges Arnold and Phillips concur."
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      "LESSIE SIMMONS, Plaintiff v. C. W. MYERS TRADING POST, INC., Defendant"
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        "text": "HEDRICK, Judge.\nAt the close of plaintiffs evidence, the defendant made the following motion:\nYour Honor, pursuant to Rule 50 of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, I would make a motion for a directed verdict dismissing the plaintiffs claim under G.S. Section 25A-44(4) and Section 25A-2, that claim being for treble damages for a violation of the prohibition in Section 20 of\u2014 including any provision or language in the contract \u2014 in a contract of \u2014 under the retail \u2014 that is under the application of retail installment sales account which would exclude, modify, limit or alter the terms of an express warranty. As grounds therefor, my argument would be . . .\nThe record indicates the trial court ruled on defendant\u2019s motion as follows:\nAll right, considering North Carolina G.S. 25-2-316, 25A 20 and 25-2202, I rule that, as a matter of law, that there is an express warranty in the contract as stated in the next to the last paragraph in the contract . . . and as to all other implied warranties, they are eliminated by the phrase, leased as is, therefore, the contract does not show as a matter of law any disclaimer of express warranty and is to be considered under 25A 20. Now, where does that leave us.\nAfter the foregoing ruling, the following issues were submitted to and answered by the jury as indicated:\nISSUE 1: Did the defendant, C. W. Myers Trading Post, Inc., breach the warranty given to plaintiff, Lessie Simmons, to repair the items listed in the contract?\nAnswer: Yes.\nISSUE 2: What was the value of the 1969 Fleetwood Trailer at the time it was delivered to the plaintiff?\nAnswer: $3,500.00.\nISSUE 3: What was the value of the 1969 Fleetwood Trailer as warranted by the defendant?\nAnswer: $5,500.00.\nIssue 4: What amount, if any, was actually expended by the plaintiff, Lessie Simmons, in repairing the items listed in the contract?\nAnswer: $75.00.\nOn 21 February 1983 the court entered judgment on the verdict that plaintiff recover of the defendant $655.88. On 1-4 February 1983 the plaintiff signed and filed the following notice of appeal:\nPlaintiff appeals from the ruling of the Trial Court on February 2, 1983, in open court granting defendant\u2019s Motion for Directed Verdict at the close of plaintiffs evidence dismissing plaintiffs claim for relief under the North Carolina Retail Installment Sales Act, \u00a7\u00a7 25A-20 and 25A-44 (4).\nThis the 14 day of February, 1983.\nPlaintiff has attempted to appeal from an interlocutory order dismissing her claim for treble damages. Plaintiff has no right of immediate appeal from an interlocutory order. N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 1-277 and N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 1A-1, Rule 54(b), North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiff could have obtained review of the interlocutory ruling on appeal from the final judgment, but she has not appealed from the final judgment.\nAppeal dismissed.\nJudges Arnold and Phillips concur.",
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        "author": "HEDRICK, Judge."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Legal Aid Society of Northwest North Carolina, Inc., by Ellen W. Gerber and Kate Mewhinney, for plaintiff, appellant.",
      "Herman L. Stephens for defendant, appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "LESSIE SIMMONS, Plaintiff v. C. W. MYERS TRADING POST, INC., Defendant\nNo. 8321DC746\n(Filed 15 May 1984)\nAppeal and Error \u00a7 6.2\u2014 appeal from dismissal of claim for treble damages interlocutory\nPlaintiffs attempted appeal from an order dismissing her claim for treble damages was interlocutory pursuant to G.S. 1-277 and G.S. 1A-1, Rule 54(b). Had plaintiff waited until final judgment had been entered on the verdict, plaintiff could have obtained review of the interlocutory ruling.\nAppeal by plaintiff from Tanis, Judge. Judgment entered 21 February 1983 in District Court, Forsyth County. Heard in the Court of Appeals 1 May 1984.\nThis is a civil action wherein plaintiff seeks to recover damages for breach of an express warranty in relation to the sale of a mobile home to plaintiff by defendant. Plaintiff also seeks treble damages pursuant to the provisions of N.C. Gen. Stat. Secs. 25A-44(4), 75-1.1, and 75-16.\nLegal Aid Society of Northwest North Carolina, Inc., by Ellen W. Gerber and Kate Mewhinney, for plaintiff, appellant.\nHerman L. Stephens for defendant, appellee."
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