344 S.E.2d 788 (1986)
PIEDMONT BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
No. 139A86.
PIEDMONT BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
v.
Obie STEVENSON and Shirley M. Stevenson.
No. 139A86.
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
July 2, 1986.Clontz & Clontz by Ralph C. Clontz III, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellee.
Roger Lee Edwards, Mooresville, for defendant-appellant.
PER CURIAM.
The trial court entered judgment on 23 August 1984, granting defendant's motion for directed verdict made at the close of plaintiff's evidence. A divided panel of the Court of Appeals held that the directed verdict was improvidently granted and ordered a new trial. Defendant Shirley M. Stevenson appealed to this court as a matter of right.
The decision of the Court of Appeals is affirmed.
AFFIRMED.