Lunsford v. Teasley

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINA 2021-NCCOA-96 No. COA20-436 Filed 6 April 2021 Person County, No. 19 CVS 752 DALE LUNSFORD, Plaintiff, v. DAVID K. TEASLEY, Defendant. Appeal by Plaintiff from Order entered 27 January 2020 by Judge Orlando F. Hudson, Jr. in Person County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 9 March 2021. Paulina Y. Lopez for plaintiff-appellant. David K. Teasley, pro se, defendant-appellee. MURPHY, Judge. ¶1 A civil action is “commenced” only through the procedures set out in Rule 3 of our Rules of Civil Procedure. Regardless of an intervening expiration of…