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  "name": "WILLIAM A. WARREN v. A. P. WINFREY, JR., and CLEMENT C. BELL, Trading as CLINTON MOTOR COMPANY",
  "name_abbreviation": "Warren v. Winfrey",
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    "judges": [
      "Johnson, J., not sitting."
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    "parties": [
      "WILLIAM A. WARREN v. A. P. WINFREY, JR., and CLEMENT C. BELL, Trading as CLINTON MOTOR COMPANY."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per Curiam.\n\u201cThe power of the court to grant an involuntary non-suit is altogether statutory and must be exercised in accord with the statute, G.S. 1-183.\u201d Ward v. Cruse, 234 N.C. 388, 67 S.E. 2d 257.\nG.S. 1-183 provides that \u201cwhen on trial of an issue of fact in a civil action . . ., the plaintiff has introduced his evidence and rested his case, the defendant may move ... for judgment as in case of nonsuit.\u201d\nThe court had no power to nonsuit the case before plaintiff rested his case. For this error plaintiff is entitled to a new trial. In the state of the record the questions discussed in the briefs are not presented for decision.\nReversed.\nJohnson, J., not sitting.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "David J. Turlington, Jr., for Plaintiff, Appellant.",
      "Butler & Butler for Defendants, Appellees."
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    "head_matter": "WILLIAM A. WARREN v. A. P. WINFREY, JR., and CLEMENT C. BELL, Trading as CLINTON MOTOR COMPANY.\n(Filed 26 September, 1956.)\nTrial \u00a7 21\u2014\nThe power of tbe court to grant an involuntary nonsuit is altogether statutory and must be exercised in accordance with the statute. Therefore, the court has no power to enter judgment as of nonsuit before the plaintiff has rested his ease. G.S. 1-183.\nJohnson, J., not sitting.\nAppeal by plaintiff from Bundy, J., May Term 1956 of Sampson. ^\nCivil action to rescind a contract of purchase of an automobile for failure of consideration, to recover back the value of an automobile credited as part payment on the purchase price, to cancel a note given for the remainder of the purchase price and the conditional sale contract securing said note, and to recover damages for the wrongful withholding of the purchased automobile.\nWhen the plaintiff left the stand as a witness, and before plaintiff had rested his case, the defendant made a motion for judgment of non-suit, which the court allowed.\nPlaintiff appeals, assigning error.\nDavid J. Turlington, Jr., for Plaintiff, Appellant.\nButler & Butler for Defendants, Appellees."
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