Stevenson Ex Rel. Long v. Joyner

HUDSON, Judge.

C. Wayne Joyner and his wife, Carol Jean Joyner, (“defendants”) appeal an order compelling defendants to answer questions proposed during a deposition by plaintiff. This order is interlocutory and defendants have failed to demonstrate that a substantial right will be affected should they not be given the immediate right to appeal from this order. We dismiss this appeal.

The pertinent procedural history is as follows. Plaintiff, Sylvia Frye Long, filed an action in the Superior Court of Catawba County, as the guardian of her aunt, Esmay Frye Stevenson, on 20 July 2000. In her…