Waters v. Humphrey

PARKER, Judge.

Appellants first contend that the court erred in failing to make conclusions of law. G.S. 1A-1, Rule 52(a) (1) provides that “[i]n all actions tried upon the facts without a jury or with an advisory jury, the court shall find the facts specially and state separately its conclusions of law thereon and direct the entry of the appropriate judgment.” The judgment appealed from contains detailed findings of fact, but it does not contain conclusions of law separately stated and denominated as such. However, some of the court’s findings, though purportedly made as findings of fact,…