Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1938

Gorman v. . Yorke

Gorman v. . Yorke
Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided November 30, 1938 · PER CURIAM.
199 S.E. 729; 214 N.C. 524; 1938 N.C. LEXIS 394 (South Eastern Reporter)

Gorman v. . Yorke

Opinion of the Court

*525 Pee Cueiam.

Keferring to the matters considered by the court in reaching its conclusion and denying appellant’s motion, the court below said: “Upon the argument of the motion to set aside the judgment by default and inquiry, the defendant Lee Horton took the position that any acts or neglect of the Maryland Casualty Company, or the defendant Mrs. Yorke, did not affect his rights under said motion and were not material to be considered by the court in connection therewith. The court ruled, however, that such acts and neglect were material and took such matters in consideration in its finding that there was no excusable neglect, to which defendant Lee Horton duly excepted.”

The defendant’s exception must be sustained, and the cause remanded for proper findings of fact, eliminating therefrom consideration of acts and negligence of other parties not material to the motion of the appealing defendant.

Error and remanded.

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