Court of Appeals of North Carolina April 18, 1978, 7710SC299 (Mazda Motors of America, Inc. v. Southwestern Motors, Inc.)

MITCHELL, Judge.

The defendant first assigns as error the failure of the trial court to rule that, as a matter of law, the franchise agreement between the parties was wrongfully terminated, canceled or not renewed. For reasons which will be discussed hereinafter, we find this assignment to be meritorious and hold that the trial court committed error in failing to so rule.