McClendon v. Clinard

BROCK, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, in their first assignment of error, contend that the trial judge erred as a matter of law in denying plaintiffs’ motion to recuse. We think disposition of this case is governed by North Carolina National Bank v. Gillespie, 291 N.C. 303, 230 S.E. 2d 375 (1976). In that case the defendant made a motion to recuse, alleging personal bias and prejudice arising from an unfriendly ter*356mination of attorney-client relationship between the trial judge and defendant’s family and a favorable disposition on the part of the judge towards the plaintiff. The Supreme Court…