Sims v. Ritter Construction, Inc.

BRASWELL, Judge.

The initial question which we must consider, although not addressed by defendants in their brief, is whether an appeal lies from Judge Howell’s order withdrawing the matter from arbitration and placing it on the trial calendar. If defendant appellants have no right of appeal, we must dismiss the appeal on our own motion. Love v. Moore, 305 N.C. 575, 291 S.E. 2d 141, reh. denied, 306 N.C. 393 (1982).

A party has a right to appeal an interlocutory order only if the order affects some substantial right claimed by appellant which will work an injury to him if not corrected before…