Supreme Court of North Carolina August 12, 1986, 138A86 (Chavis v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.)

BRANCH, Chief Justice.

The sole question presented by plaintiffs’ appeal is whether the trial court erred in granting defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. The trial court’s ruling in defendant’s favor at the close of all the evidence terminated the action on the ground that as a matter of law plaintiffs were precluded from recovering on the fire insurance policy because they had failed to