Young v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

The order appealed from was entered 5 May 1969. The record on appeal was docketed in this court 15 August 1969 which was after the expiration of the time within which the appeal could be docketed- in compliance with Rule 5, Rules of Practice in the Court of Appeals of North Carolina. In the record before us there is no order extending the time for docketing the record on appeal. Rule 48, Rules of Practice, supra, provides: “If these rules are not complied with, the appeal may be dismissed.” The practice of .this court has been to dismiss appeals for failure to docket the record on appeal…