Hoover v. Odom

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Hoover v. Odom, 250 N.C. 235 (N.C. 1959)
108 S.E.2d 426; 1959 N.C. LEXIS 628

Hoover v. Odom

Opinion of the Court

Per CuRiAM.

The rule is uniformly observed in this State that a plaintiff, in an ordinary civil action, againist whom no counterclaim is asserted and no 'affirmative relief is demanded, may take a voluntary nonsuit and get out of court at any time before verdict. Everett v. Yopp, 247 N.C. 38, 100 S.E. 2d 221. The judgment of involuntary nonsuit is, therefore, set aside. The cause is remanded to the Superior Count of Randolph County where judgment of voluntary nonsuit will be entered. '

Reversed and Remanded.

Reference

Full Case Name
COVA ELLEN HOOVER v. MARY BETTY THOMAS ODOM
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Status
Published