Nichols v. McFarland

The appellant asks for a reversal of the judgment or a new trial on the basis of 12 assignments of error. We quote assignment No. 1: “The court erred in permitting the plaintiff to testify as shown by Exceptions Nos. 1 (Rp 11), 2 (Rp 12) and 3 (R p 12).” Assignments Nos. 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 9 are in similar form.

Rule 19(3), Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court, 221 N.C. 554, 555, as interpreted in thé decisions of this Court, require: “Always the very error relied upon shall be definitely and clearly presented, and the Court not compelled to go beyond the assignment itself to learn what the…