VEAZEY v. CITY OF DURHAM

No. 737.

57 S.E.2d 375 (1950)

231 N.C. 354

VEAZEY v. CITY OF DURHAM.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 3, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor S. Bryant and Robert I. Lipton, Durham, for plaintiff, appellee.

Claude V. Jones and Egbert L. Haywood, Durham, for defendant, appellant.


ERVIN, Justice.

The order refusing a reference shows on its face that the court denied the motion for a compulsory reference as a matter of discretion. This being so, the appeal necessarily proceeds on the assumption that the court should have granted a compulsory reference because the defendant was entitled to demand that mode of trial as a matter of right in the action at bar.

The statute which controls the granting of compulsory references is embodied in...

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