R. Wayne Rodgers v. Hazlett M. Rodgers

1. ""Upon a motion to direct a verdict for the defendant, every reasonable and legitimate inference fairly arising from the testimony, when considered in its entirety, must be indulged in favorably to plaintiff; and the court must assume as true those facts which the jury may properly find under the evidence. Syllabus, Nichols v. Raleigh-Wyoming Coal Co., 112 W.Va. 85 [163 S.E. 767 (1932)]". Point 1, Syllabus, Jenkins v. Chatterton, 143 W.Va. 250 [100 S.E.2d 808] (1957)." Syllabus Point 1, Jividen v. Legg, 161 W.Va. 769, 245 S.E.2d 835 (1978).