Lee v. . Rhodes

The conduct of the plaintiff, if considered in its most favorable light, does not appeal to the conscience of the Court. Even so, the record presents for our consideration and determination a question of law rather than one of ethics.

The appellants are relying upon the decisions of this Court in which it has been held that the requirement that a judgment should be signed by the judge is only directory; and that when a judgment is passed in open court and filed with the papers as a part of the judgment roll, it is a valid judgment, Range Co. v. Carver, 118 N. C., 328, 24 S. E., 352. McDonald…