Childers v. Powell

G.S. 1-73 provides, in part, that “when a complete determination of the controversy cannot be made without the presence of other parties, the court must cause them to be brought in.”

The intervenors were not necessary parties to a complete determination of the controversy, if any, as between plaintiff and defendants; and, if not parties, no right or interest they have will be adversely affected by an adjudication of such controversy. Assurance Society v. Basnight, 234 N.C. 347, 67 S.E. 2d 390. It appears from the quoted recital that the court treated the intervenors as necessary parties. If…