Buchanan v. Rose

ARNOLD, Judge.

Defendants attack the refusal of the trial judge to allow them to amend their answer. Under G.S. 1A-1, Rule 15(a), amendment of a pleading after the time for pleading has expired is “only by leave of court or by written consent of the adverse party, and leave shall be freely given when justice so requires.” But an order denying a motion to amend pleadings is an interlocutory order, and is not immediately appealable. Calloway v. Ford Motor Co., 281 N.C. 496, 501, 189 S.E. 2d 484, 488 (1972). See also, O'Neill v. Bank, 40 N.C. App. 227, 230, 252 S.E. 2d 231, 234 (1979).

Although…