after stating the case: Conceding, without deciding, that the judgment of voluntary nonsuit taken before the clerk was ineffectual, *478 because entered prior to receipt of opinion from this Court (Mfg. Co. v. Buxton, 105 N. C., 74, 11 S. E., 264, R. R. v. Sanford, 188 N. C., 218, 124 S. E., 308, Huntley v. Express Co., 191 N. C., 696, 132 S. E., 786, Bohannon v. Trust Co., 198 N. C., 702, 153 S. E., 263), still it would seem that plaintiffs counsel was entitled to notice of application for judgment on the certificate, so that nonsuit might then be entered before the judge, if the plaintiff so desired. Carpenter v. Hanes, 167 N. C., 551, 83 S. E., 577. This right will yet be accorded.

Error.