Dunn v. . Taylor

Mar 12, 1924
Reporters:
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Before:
Stacy
Stacy, J.

The December Term of court ended in Kinston when the judge left ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‍the bench for the term, although no notice was given of the final adjournment, and it was understood that the term of court should ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‍expire by limitation. Delafield v. Const. Co., 115 N. C., 21; Branch v. Walker, 92 N. C., 87. His Honor, therefore, was without authority to enter the order, signed ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‍at his home in Clinton, canceling or vacating the judgment previously rendered by him at term. The plaintiff’s exception to this order must be ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‍sustained; but this will be done without prejudice to the rights of the defendant to assail the judgment rendered at the December term, or ‍‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‍to have it vacated by motion in the cause or other appropriate remedy.

Error.