Girard Trust Bank v. Easton

GRAHAM, Judge.

G.S. 1A-1, Rule 63, provides that an appropriate substitute judge may perform duties remaining to be performed after a verdict is returned or findings of fact and conclusions of law are filed where the judge before whom the action was tried is unable to do so by reason of death, sickness or other disability.

It is not disputed that under this rule an appropriate judge may substitute for a disabled or a deceased judge before whom an action has been tried, only with respect to duties remaining to be performed after a verdict has been returned or findings of fact and conclusions of…