Giannitrapani v. Duke University
Decision Date | 15 September 1976 |
Docket Number | No. 7628SC283,7628SC283 |
Citation | 30 N.C.App. 667,228 S.E.2d 46 |
Parties | Duilio GIANNITRAPANI v. DUKE UNIVERSITY et al. |
Court | North Carolina Court of Appeals |
Chambers, Stein, Ferguson & Becton by J. LeVonne Chambers and Louis L. Lesesne, Jr., Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellant.
Powe, Porter, Alphin & Whichard, P.A. by E. K. Powe, Durham, for defendant-appellees.
At the outset we point out that plaintiff's present counsel did not represent him at the time notice of appeal was given. The record discloses that plaintiff discharged his trial counsel immediately following entry of the 17 November 1975 judgment and did not employ his present counsel until sometime after he gave notice of appeal.
Plaintiff contends that the trial court erred in its conclusions of law and particularly the conclusion that the court lacks discretion under Appellate Rule 25 to permit the notice of appeal to be served after the expiration of ten days following the entry of judgment. We disagree with this contention.
Rule 25 provides in pertinent part:
Our Appellate Rule 3(a), which is almost identical to G.S. 1--279(a), provides as follows:
(a) From Judgments and Orders Rendered in Session. Any party entitled by law to appeal from a judgment or order of a superior or district court rendered in a civil action or special proceeding during a session of court may take appeal by
(1) giving oral notice of appeal at trial, or at any hearing of a timely motion under Rule 59 of the Rules of Civil Procedure for a new trial or to alter or amend a judgment, or under Rule 50 of the Rules of Civil Procedure for judgment notwithstanding the verdict with or without a motion for a new trial; or
(2) filing notice of appeal with the clerk of superior court And serving copies thereof upon all other parties within the time prescribed by subdivision (c) of this rule. (Emphasis added.)
Rule 3(c) provides in pertinent part: 'If not taken by oral notice as provided in Rule 3(a)(1), appeal from a judgment or order in a civil action or special proceeding must be taken within 10 days after its entry. . . .'
Appellate Rule 27(c) provides: (Emphasis added.)
Defendants argue that G.S. 1--279 and Appellate Rule 3 require both filing And service of notice of appeal within ten days after entry of judgment; that Appellate Rule 27(c) allows neither filing nor service to be made late; and that timely filing and service of notice of appeal are jurisdictional matters requiring dismissal for noncompliance. We find this argument persuasive.
The present N.C. Rules of Appellate Procedure and G.S. 1--279 as now written became effective 1 July 1975. While it appears that neither the Supreme Court nor this court has passed upon the question presented as it relates to the present rules and statute, we find decisions relating to superseded statutes instructive.
Prior to 1 July 1975, G.S. 1--279...
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