Dix-Downing v. . White
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Dix-Downing v. . White, 174 S.E. 451 (N.C. 1934)
206 N.C. 567; 1934 N.C. LEXIS 247
Stagy
Dix-Downing v. . White
Opinion of the Court
Nonsuit under the Hinsdale Act, C. S., 567, is permissible only on demurrer to the evidence, and not on demurrer to the complaint or motion for judgment on the pleadings. Riley v. Stone, 169 N. C., 421, 86 S. E., 348.
The record shows no demurrer to the complaint. Seawell v. Cole, 194 N. C., 546, 140 S. E., 85.
Nor was it according to precedent, simply upon reading the pleadings, to dismiss the action on the defendant’s plea of estoppel. Batson v. Laundry, ante, 371.
Beversed.
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- Harriet Dix-Downing v. H. J. White.
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