Leach v. Quinn

Having objected and excepted to the order of compulsory reference entered below, the defendants had the option to appeal at once or to wait final judgment to do so, to present the exception to the order duly preserved. Lumber Co. v. Pemberton, 188 N. C., 532, 125 S. E., 119. They have elected to pursue the former course. Hence, we now have presented in this Court the sole question as to whether there was error in making an order of compulsory reference without first determining the pleas in bar made in the answer to the allegations contained in the complaint. We are constrained to hold that…