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        "text": "Adams, J.\nThe plaintiff brought suit to recover damages for injury to his person and his property resulting from the collision of an automobile owned by James B. Morris and driven by Calvin Morris, Ms son, a minor, with, a Plymouth, coupe owned and operated by the plaintiff. Tbe cause came on for bearing and the court submitted to the jury issues involving the usual questions of the defendants\u2019 negligence, the plaintiff\u2019s contributory negligence, and damages. In response to the first issue the jury found that the plaintiff had not been injured by the negligence of the defendants as alleged, and left the two remaining issues unanswered.\nWhen the verdict was returned the plaintiff moved that it be set aside as a matter of discretion. The motion was overruled. The plaintiff then moved that it be set aside as being contrary to the weight of the evidence and the motion was allowed. Sometime afterwards the defendants, by consent, requested the court to amend or modify this order so as to make it appear that the verdict bad been set aside as a matter of law and not as a matter of discretion. The request or motion was resisted by the plaintiff and the court made this entry: \u201cThe record will bave to stand as it is. I refuse to insert in there \u2018as a matter of law,\u2019 and the Supreme Court will bave to construe my first order.\u201d The defendants excepted.\nGranting, as said in Abernethy v. Younts, 138 N. C., 337, that the action of a judge in setting aside a verdict will not be ascribed to discretion unless be plainly says so, or there is no other explanation of bis conduct, we are of opinion that the foregoing entry clearly indicates that the presiding judge did not set aside the verdict as a matter of law. The only alternative was the exercise of discretion. The asserted inconsistency between the orders, if apparent, is in fact not controlling. Tbis Court has repeatedly and consistently held that the trial court in setting aside a verdict on the ground that it is against the weight of the evidence exercises a discretionary power which in the absence of abuse is not subject to review on appeal. Vacating a verdict on tbis ground depends on such a variety of circumstances that it is impossible to prescribe a fixed rule of law by which the subject can be regulated. Armstrong v. Wright, 8 N. C., 93; Edwards v. Phifer, 120 N. C., 405; Wood v. R. R., 131 N. C., 48; Clothing Co. v. Bagley, 147 N. C., 37; Bouldin v. Daniel, 151 N. C., 283; Mica Co. v. Mining Co., 184 N. C., 490; Alston v. Odd Fellows, 189 N. C., 204; Hardison v. Jones, 196 N. C., 712; Acceptance Corporation v. Jones, ante, 523.\nAs no final judgment has been rendered we need consider neither the instructions to tbe jury nor tbe motion for nonsuit.\nNo error.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Boone D. Tillett, Gansler & Oansler and M. G. Moysey for plaintiff.",
      "G. H. Gover and William T. Covington, Jr., for defendants."
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    "head_matter": "C. A. ANDERSON v. CALVIN MORRIS and JAMES B. MORRIS.\n(Filed 23 November, 1932.)\n1. Appeal and Error J b \u2014 Record in this case showed that verdict was set aside in discretion of court from which no appeal will lie.\nWhere the trial judge refuses a motion to set aside a verdict as a matter of discretion and later grants a motion to set aside on the ground that the verdict was against the weight and credibility of the evidence, also as a matter of his discretion, and later refuses a motion to make the record show that he had set it aside as a matter of law, the entry to that effect necessarily implies that the verdict was set aside as a matter of discretion, and no appeal will lie from his order.\n2. Appeal and Error J g \u2014 Where ordei\u2019 setting aside verdict is upheld exceptions to charge and refusal to nonsuit will not he considered.\nWhere an order of the court setting aside the verdict is not disturbed on appeal, exceptions relating to the court\u2019s instructions to the jury and to a motion of nonsuit will not be considered, no final judgment having been rendered.\nAppeal by defendants from MacRae, Special Judge, at April Term, 1932, of MeoKLENBues.\nBoone D. Tillett, Gansler & Oansler and M. G. Moysey for plaintiff.\nG. H. Gover and William T. Covington, Jr., for defendants."
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