State Ex Rel. Howes v. Ormond Oil & Gas Co.

WYNN, Judge.

“A consent judgment is valid only if all parties give their unqualified consent at the time the court sanctions the agreement and promulgates it as a judgment.” Briar Metal Products, Inc. v. Smith, 64 N.C. App. 173, 176, 306 S.E.2d 553, 555 (1983) (citing Overton v. Overton, 259 N.C. 31, 129 S.E.2d 593 (1963)). In this case, the trial court, at the State’s request, ordered William E. Ormond, Sr. on behalf of himself and Ormond Oil & Gas Company, Inc. to comply with the terms of a proposed consent judgment. Because Ormond did not consent to the proposed consent judgment, we hold…