PATTERSON v. REID

No. 7026SC472.

178 S.E.2d 1 (1970)

10 N.C. App. 22

Deborah Jones PATTERSON, by Next Friend, Bobby Jones v. Ralph Conner REID and wife, Nancy L. Reid.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 16, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Morton, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellee.

Helms, Mulliss & Johnston by E. Osborne Ayscue, Jr., and Robert B. Cordle, Charlotte, for defendants-appellants.


PARKER, Judge.

The motion for summary judgment under Rule 56 of the Rules of Civil Procedure (G.S. § 1A-1, Rule 56) is a procedure new to the courts of this State. (For an excellent discussion of the history and purpose of the summary judgment procedure, see opinion by Morris, Judge, in Pridgen v. Hughes, N.C.App., 177 S.E.2d 425, filed November 18, 1970.) The purpose of the rule is not to resolve a disputed material issue...

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