Griffin v. Barnes

It is noted at the threshold of this appeal that while in the record filed in this Court reference is made to a complaint in this purported action, no pleadings are contained therein. “The pleadings are a necessary part of the record proper upon appeal, and where the pleadings are omitted from the record, the appeal must be dismissed,”— headnote epitomizing this holding in S. v. Lumber Co., 207 N.C. 47, 175 S.E. 713. Such is the uniform practice in this Court. See also Rule 19, Section 1 of the Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court, 221 N.C. 544, at 553, and Ericson v. Ericson, 226 N.C. 474,…