Henredon Furniture Industries, Inc. v. Southern Ry. Co.
| Decision Date | 05 November 1975 |
| Docket Number | No. 7525SC496,7525SC496 |
| Citation | 27 N.C.App. 331,219 S.E.2d 238 |
| Parties | HENREDON FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC. v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. |
| Court | North Carolina Court of Appeals |
Hedrick, McKnight, Parham, Helms, Kellam & Feerick by Richard T. Feerick and Edward L. Eatman, Jr., Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellee.
W. T. Joyner and John H. McMurray, Morganton, for defendant-appellant.
North Carolina case law provides that, although an insurer who has paid part of insured's claim 'has a direct and appreciable interest in the subject matter of the action' brought by insured against tort-feasor, Burgess v. Trevathan, 236 N.C. 157, 161, 72 S.E.2d 231, 234 (1952), the insurer is not a necessary party to the action, but only a proper party. New v. Public Service Co., 270 N.C. 137, 153 S.E.2d 870 (1967); University Motors, Inc. v. Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Co., 266 N.C. 251, 146 S.E.2d 102 (1966); Burgess v. Trevathan, supra. The addition of parties where they are not necessary is a matter within the trial court's discretion, and the judge's order refusing to join additional parties is not ordinarily reviewable. New v. Service Co., supra; Corbett v. Corbett, 249 N.C. 585, 107 S.E.2d 165 (1959); Guthrie v. City of Durham, 168 N.C. 573, 84 S.E. 859 (1915). Defendant has not shown how the interlocutory order appealed from deprives it of any 'substantial right'. G.S. 1--277. See Funderburk v. Justice, 25 N.C.App. 655, 214 S.E.2d 310 (1975). Therefore, this appeal is premature and is dismissed.
Dismissed.
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