BROWN v. ROWE CHEVROLET-BUICK, INC.

No. 8610SC1354.

357 S.E.2d 181 (1987)

86 N.C. App. 222

Robert L. BROWN and Linda A. Holt v. ROWE CHEVROLET-BUICK, INC. and James Rivenbark.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Underwood, Kinsey & Warren, P.A. by C. Ralph Kinsey, Jr., Charlotte, and Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan by Nigle B. Barrow, Jr., Raleigh, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Larry E. Norman, Louisburg, for defendant-appellant.


WELLS, Judge.

Defendant's sole argument on appeal is that the court erred in denying defendant's request at the beginning of the trial for a continuance. Rowe contends that it was not afforded a reasonable opportunity to retain the services of another attorney, having only been notified the afternoon before that its attorney was removed. We disagree.

N.C.Gen.Stat. § 1A-1, Rule 40(b) of the N.C.Rules of Civil Procedure provides:

(b) No continuance...

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