LANIER v. DAWES

No. 241.

121 S.E.2d 857 (1961)

255 N.C. 458

Alma Grimes LANIER, Jean L. Laumana and James Bruce Lanier v. Dene L. DAWES, Charles Burnice Lanier, Jr., William Lee Lanier and Eva Fly Lanier.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 11, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thorp, Spruill, Thorp, Trotter & Biggs, Rocky Mount, for plaintiff appellants.

Fountain, Fountain, Bridgers & Horton, Tarboro, for defendant appellees.


WINBORNE, Chief Justice.

The sole assignment of error appearing in the record is to the rendering of the judgment.

An exception to the judgment rendered raises the question as to whether error in law appears upon the face of the record. Indeed, the appeal to the Supreme Court is itself an exception to the judgment, or to any other matter of law appearing upon the face of the record. See Lea v. Bridgeman, 228 N.C. 565, 46 S.E.2d 555; Culbreth v. Britt Corporation...

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