Cobb v. Rocky Mount Board of Education

403 S.E.2d 538 (1991)

Marvin E. COBB, Petitioner-Appellant,

v.

ROCKY MOUNT BOARD OF EDUCATION, Respondent-Appellee.

No. 907SC908.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 7, 1991.

East Carolina Legal Services, Inc. by Wesley Abney, Wilson, for petitioner-appellant.

Poyner & Spruill by Michael S. Colo, Ernie K. Murray and Steven A. Rowe, Rocky Mount, for respondent-appellee.

WYNN, Judge.

The issue on appeal in this case is whether the trial court erred in dismissing the petitioner's appeal for failure to give timely notice of appeal.

The petitioner initially appealed to the Superior Court of Edgecombe…