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SMITH v. BRYANT

No. 685.

141 S.E.2d 303 (1965)

264 N.C. 208

Cassie SMITH v. Emma Troy BRYANT.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 7, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Powell & Powell, Whiteville, for plaintiff.

Payne and Canoutas and R. M. Kermon, Wilmington, for defendant.

SHARP, Justice.

The transcript of the trial below reveals defendant to have been badly in need of legal counsel. She had employed a lawyer who had entered a formal appearance upon the court record by filing her answer to the complaint. Thereafter he was not at liberty to abandon her case without (1) justifiable cause, (2) reasonable notice to her, and (3) the permission of the court. Perkins v. Sykes, 233 N.C. 147,

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