State ex rel. Gold v. Equity General Insurance

Only a “party aggrieved” may appeal from the superior court to the Supreme Court. G.S. 1-271; Langley v. Gore, 242 N.C. 302, 87 S.E. 2d 519. “(A) ‘party aggrieved’ is one whose right has been directly and injuriously affected by the action of the court.” McIntosh, North Carolina Practice and Procedure, § 675; Freeman v. Thompson, 216 N.C. 484, 5 S.E. 2d 434; In re Application for Reassignment, 247 N.C. 413, 421, 101 S.E. 2d 359. “An appeal may be taken from every judicial order or determination of a judge of a superior court, upon or involving a matter of law or legal inference, . . . which…