Waters v. Qualified Personnel, Inc.

EXUM, Justice.

The threshold question in Case No. 40, although not argued by either party, is whether an appeal lies from Judge Long’s order. If an appealing party has no right of appeal, an appellate court on its own motion should dismiss the appeal 1 even though the question of appealability has not been raised by the parties themselves. Dickey v. Herbin, 250 N.C. 321, 108 S.E. 2d 632 (1959); Rogers v. Brantley, 244 N.C. 744, 94 S.E. 2d 896 (1956); Morse v. Curtis, 6 N.C. App. 620, 170 S.E. 2d 491 (1969). Concluding that Judge Long’s order is not appealable, we hold that the Court of Appeals…