Legal Opinion

Hinnant v. American Fire & Marine Insurance

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided March 8, 1933Published

1Opinion of the CourtStacy, C. J.

Laudable as bis purpose may have been, tlie learned judge was without authority to vacate the judgment of nonsuit and grant a new trial after adjournment of the term at which the case was tried, except by consent. Acceptance Corp. v. Jones, 203 N. C., 523; Bisanar v. Suttlemyre, 193 N. C., 711, 138 S. E., 1; Dunn v. Taylor, 187 N. C., 385, 121 S. E., 659.

The order, therefore, from which the defendant appeals, will be stricken out.

Error.

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Bisanar v. . SuttlemyreSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1927
  2. Dunn v. . TaylorSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1924
  3. Manufacturers' Finance Acceptance Corp. v. JonesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1932