Lewis v. Parker

Plaintiff’s first assignment of error reads: “The Trial Court committed prejudicial and reversible error by charging the jury in the manner which is the subject of plaintiff’s Exceptions Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. (R pp 41-47).”

Rules 19 and 21, Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court, 254 N.C. 783, 795, 803, require that asserted error must be based on an appropriate exception, and must be properly assigned. We have repeatedly said that these rules require an assignment of error to show specifically what question is intended to be presented for consideration without the necessity of going beyond…