Estes v. Battiston

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINA No. COA19-699 Filed: 20 October 2020 Caldwell County, No. 18 CVS 190 JONATHAN DREW ESTES, Plaintiff, v. JOHN J. BATTISTON, JR., Defendant. Appeal by defendant from order entered 6 May 2019 by Judge Robert C. Ervin in Caldwell County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 17 March 2020. Marshall Hurley, PLLC, by Marshall Hurley, and W. Wallace Respess, Jr., for plaintiff-appellee. Arnold & Smith, PLLC, by Matthew R. Arnold and Ashley A. Crowder, for defendant-appellant. BRYANT, Judge. Because defendant’s appeal of a trial court order is…