North Carolina National Bank v. Virginia Carolina Builders, Inc.

HEDRICK, Judge.

Judge Long’s order setting aside the default judgment must be reversed. We are advertent to the fact that orders setting aside default judgments are interlocutory and ordinarily not ap-pealable. Bailey v. Gooding, 301 N.C. 205, 270 S.E. 2d 431 (1980). Nevertheless, because the present order contains serious error regarding a matter of great importance we, in our discretion, choose to review it.

We first note our disapproval of the taking of judicial notice by Judge Long of a custom and practice which violates the law of *631this State. The legislature has fixed the conditions under…