Jennewein v. CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF WILMINGTON

PAUL R. JENNEWEIN and Wipe, VIRGINIA N. JENNEWEIN, Petitioners v. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, BEN B. HALTERMAN, MAYOR, J. D. CAUSEY, JOSEPH DUNN, MARGARET F. FONVIELLE, RALPH W. ROPER, WILLIAM SCHWARTZ, and J. RUPERT BRYAN, COUNCILPERSONS, Respondents

Jennewein v. City Council of City of Wilmington, 264 S.E.2d 802 (N.C. Ct. App. 1980)

Court: Court of Appeals of North Carolina · State Appellate Courts
Decided: April 15, 1980
Docket: No. 795SC926
Judges: Parker, Morris, Wells
Citations: 264 S.E.2d 80246 N.C. App. 3241980 N.C. App. LEXIS 2800

Cited by 8 6 descriptions by later courts

Syllabus

Appeal and Error 6.2 — application for special use permit — remand for hearing de novo — nonappealable order An order remanding the case to the Wilmington City Council for a hearing de novo upon petitioners' application for a special use permit was a nonappealable interlocutory order.

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Opinion — Parker

PARKER, Judge.

The order from which both petitioners and respondents have attempted to appeal is interlocutory. An appeal does not lie from an interlocutory order unless it affects some substantial right of the appellant and will work an injury to him if not corrected before an appeal from the final judgment.

Industries, Inc. v. Insurance Co., 296 N.C. 486 , 251 S.E. 2d 443 (1979);

Veazey v. Durham, 231 N.C. 357 , 57 S.E. 2d 377 (1950);

Leak v. Covington, 95 N.C. 193 (1886);

Auction Co. v. Myers, 40 N.C. App. 570 , 253 S.E. 2d 362 (1979). The order in the present case remanded the case to the city council for hearing de novo. It did not affect a substantial right of either party which cannot be corrected upon appeal from final judgment without either party suffering injury in the meantime.

The attempted appeals are premature and are Dismissed.

Chief Judge MORRIS and Judge WELLS concur.

How later courts describe this case

Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 6 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.

(appeal of superior court’s remand to a city council for a de novo hearing dismissed as interlocutory)

Akers v. City of Mount Airy, 625 S.E.2d 145 (N.C. Ct. App. 2006)

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Authorities cited 4

Depth	Case	Cited by
	Veazey v. City of Durham, 57 S.E.2d 377 (N.C. 1950)	658
	Tridyn Indus. v. Am. Mut. Ins., 251 S.E.2d 443 (N.C. 1979)	118
	Godley Auction Co. v. Myers, 253 S.E.2d 362 (N.C. Ct. App. 1979)	25
	Leak v. Covington, 95 N.C. 193 (1886)	12

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