Moore v. Hinnant

Decision Date31 October 1882
Citation87 N.C. 505
CourtNorth Carolina Supreme Court
PartiesMOORE v. HINNANT.

OPINION TEXT STARTS HERESMITH, C. J.

This is a controversy submitted without action (to the superior court of Johnston county) upon an agreed statement of facts under C. C. P., § 315.

The defendant, sheriff of Johnston county, under several writs of attachment sued out against one H. L. Watson by creditors, had levied upon certain goods of the debtor, which the plaintiff held under a prior assignment to himself in trust to secure all the creditors.

The object of the suit is to have a decision of the court upon the sufficiency in form, and legal efficacy of the deed, in vesting the title in the plaintiff against the attaching creditors.

It is agreed that if the validity of the conveyance be sustained, judgment shall be rendered requiring restitution of the goods; if not, judgment shall be entered against the plaintiff for costs.

His Honor filed an opinion declaring that the deed of assignment is not fraudulent and void, and without any judgment rendered, so far as the record discloses, the defendant appeals.

When a case is heard under this summary method authorized by the Code, the statement should embrace all the facts material to a final and complete determination, with nothing further to be done, except to carry the judgment into effect. The present statement seems to be defective in not specifying any goods attached, and to be restored, in case of a decision favorable to the plaintiff.

But an insuperable difficulty is interposed to our entertaining the appeal, in the fact, that it is attempted to be taken in the midst of a trial and before the rendition of judgment. Appeals are not authorized under such circumstances, but only from a “judgment, order or determination of the judge,” (C. C. P., § 299) and then only when a trial entered upon is concluded. For this imperfection in the record the cause must be remanded at the costs of the appellant.

Since the opinion was filed the parties propose by consent to file the record of the judgment as an amendment, and if this shall be done, the order remanding will be withdrawn, and the cause will remain on the docket for a future hearing in the amended form.

PER CURIAM. Order accordingly.

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  • Veazey v. City of Durham, 743
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Court of North Carolina
    • February 3, 1950
    ...184 N.C. 370, 114 S.E. 535; Yates v. Insurance Co., 176 N.C. 401, 97 S.E. 209; Martin v. Flippin, 101 N.C. 452, 8 S.E. 345; Moore v. Hinnant, 87 N.C. 505. 2. An appeal does not lie to the Supreme Court from an interlocutory order of the Superior Court, unless such order affects some substan......
  • Privette v. Privette, 96.
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Court of North Carolina
    • March 2, 1949
    ...trial." G.S. § 1-277. As a general rule an appeal will not lie until there is a final determination of the whole case. Moore v. Hinnant, 87 N.C. 505; State v. Keeter, 80 N.C. 472; Norfolk & S. Railroad Co. v. Warren, 92 N.C. 620; Hailey v. Gray, 93 N.C. 195. It lies from an interlocutory or......
  • Rogerson v. Greenleaf Johnson Lumber Co
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Court of North Carolina
    • October 18, 1904
    ...by appeal, that its decision upon the questions of law involved and controvert ed might be finally adjudicated." The case of Moore v. Hinnant, 87 N. C. 505, Is directly applicable. "The statement, " says Smith, C. J., "should embrace all the facts material to a final and complete determinat......
  • Privette v. Privette
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Court of North Carolina
    • March 2, 1949
    ......' G.S. s 1-277. . .           As a. general rule an appeal will not lie until there is a final. determination of the whole case. Moore v. Hinnant,. 87 N.C. 505; State v. Keeter, 80 N.C. 472; Norfolk. & S. Railroad Co. v. Warren, 92 N.C. 620; Hailey v. Gray, 93 N.C. 195. It lies ......
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