A. E. P. Industries, Inc. v. McClure

*156WHICHARD, Judge.

Plaintiff contends it is entitled to a preliminary injunction as a matter of law. We disagree.

A preliminary injunction may be issued by order . . .:(1) When it appears by the complaint that the plaintiff is entitled to the relief demanded, and this relief, or any part thereof, consists in restraining the commission or continuance of some act the commission or continuance of which, during the litigation, would produce injury to the plaintiff. . . .

G.S. 1-485 (Cum. Supp. 1981). The injury threatened to plaintiff must be irreparable, real and immediate. Telephone Co. v. Plastics,…