PATRICK v. HURDLE

No. 721SC545.

190 S.E.2d 871 (1972)

J. H. PATRICK and Wachovia Bank & Trust Company, Executors of the Will of P. P. Gregory, Deceased v. Joe L. HURDLE. (Case #67-CVS-8 and Case #70-CVS-179)

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 30, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leroy, Wells, Shaw, Hornthal & Riley by Dewey W. Wells and L. P. Hornthal, Jr., Elizabeth City, for plaintiff appellees.

John T. Chaffin and Gerald F. White, Elizabeth City, for defendant appellant.


GRAHAM, Judge.

We first consider the appeal from judgment entered in the principal action on the jury verdict finding items in Hurdle's counterclaim accruing more than three years before the death of Gregory barred by the statute of limitations.

Hurdle assigns as error the court's denial of his motion for a continuance. This assignment of error is overruled. Continuances are not favored. Wilburn v. Wilburn, 260 N.C. 208,

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