DOBBINS v. PAUL

No. 8322DC1172.

321 S.E.2d 537 (1984)

Julia Jean DOBBINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sam PAUL and wife, Dorothy Paul, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Aid Society of Northwest North Carolina, Inc. by Gwyneth B. Davis, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff.

No brief for defendants.


WELLS, Judge.

This is a civil pauper appeal. Plaintiff gave notice of appeal 27 May 1983, and the trial court did not enter its order allowing the appeal until 12 July 1983. We are aware that in the past such orders had to issue within ten days after notice of appeal, failing which the appellate division lacked jurisdiction to consider the appeal. N.C.Gen.Stat. § 1-288 (1968); Powell v. Moore, 204 N.C. 654, 169 S.E. 281 (1933). However, the General Assembly...

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