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228 N.C. 539

46 S.E.2d 313

McKinney v. . Dill

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 25, 1948

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1948-02-25

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Decided 1948-02-25

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Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently December 1985

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Per Curiam.

¶1 At tbe close of plaintiff’s evidence tbe defendants moved for judgment of nonsuit. Tbe trial judge, without ruling on tbe motion, expressed tbe view that tbe plaintiff’s evidence did not in some respects correspond with her complaint, and in bis discretion and ex mero motu withdrew a juror and ordered a mistrial, with permission to tbe plaintiff to amend her complaint. Tbe defendants appealed, for that tbe court failed to rule on their motion to nonsuit, and plaintiff likewise appealed on account of tbe statement by tbe court that tbe plaintiff’s complaint needed amendment to conform to tbe proof.

¶2 It is apparent that both appeals are premature, and must be dismissed. No judgment or final order, or order affecting a substantial right, has been entered below, and tbe cause remains on tbe dopket of tbe Superior Court of Madison for such proceedings as may seem advisable to tbe parties. Johnson v. Ins. Co., 215 N. C., 120, 1 S. E. (2d), 381. See also Ten' Broeck v. Orchard, 79 N. C., 518.

¶3*540 Tbe defendants’ demurrer ore terms, interposed for the first time in tbis Court, is not presently presented.

¶4 Plaintiff’s appeal: Dismissed.

¶5 Defendant’s appeal: Dismissed.

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