#### PIEDMONT BANK AND TRUST COMPANY v. OBIE STEVENSON and SHIRLEY M. STEVENSON

No. 139A86

(Filed 2 July 1986)

Defendant Shirley M. Stevenson appeals as a matter of right, pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2), from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 79 N.C. App. 236, 339 S.E. 2d 49 (1986). Heard in the Supreme Court 10 June 1986.

Clontz and Clontz, by Ralph C. Clontz, III, for plaintiff-appellee.

Roger Lee Edwards, for defendant-appellant.

PER CURIAM.

The trial court entered judgment on 23 August 1984, granting defendant’s motion for directed verdict made at the close of plaintiffs evidence. A divided panel of the Court of Appeals held that the directed verdict was improvidently granted and ordered a new trial. Defendant Shirley M. Stevenson appealed to this court as a matter of right.

The decision of the Court of Appeals is affirmed.

Affirmed.