Pace v. Pace

At the threshold- of this appeal it is noted that the pleadings are not contained in the record filed in this Court. Pleadings are a necessary part of the record proper upon appeal — Rule 19, Section 1, of the Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court, 221 N.C. 544, at page 553. And Rule 20 of Rules of Practice provides that “Memoranda of pleadings will not be received or recognized in the Supreme Court as pleadings, even by consent.” Failure to send up necessary parts of the record proper has uniformly resulted in dismissal of the appeal. See among others S. v. Lumber Co., 207 N.C. 47, 175 S.E.…