Case Name: SUZANNE P. BUNTING, Plaintiff v. BOYD G. BUNTING, Defendant
Court: North Carolina Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1990-09-18
Citations: 100 N.C. App. 294
Docket Number: No. 9022DC20
Parties: SUZANNE P. BUNTING, Plaintiff v. BOYD G. BUNTING, Defendant
Judges: Judge ARNOLD concurs.
Reporter: North Carolina Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 100
Pages: 294–300

Head Matter:
SUZANNE P. BUNTING, Plaintiff v. BOYD G. BUNTING, Defendant
No. 9022DC20
(Filed 18 September 1990)
Appeal and Error § 205 (NCI4th)— notice of appeal —not timely
An appeal was dismissed where the trial judge conducted a hearing on 18 September 1989; announced in open court what his order would be; directed counsel to prepare a formal order and signed and entered the formal order on the same day; the order signed and entered on 18 September was filed in the Office of the Clerk on 2 November; and defendant gave notice of appeal on 9 November. N.C.G.S. § 1-279.1 and Rule 3(c) of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure provide that a party must give notice of appeal from a judgment or order within 30 days after its entry; the record affirmatively demonstrates that defendant did not give notice of appeal within 30 days after the entry of the order on 18 September. Inasmuch as the trial judge announced his order in open court and directed counsel to prepare the formal order which he signed and entered on the same day and at the same session of court, N.C.G.S. § 1A-1, Rule 58, paragraph three has no application.
Am Jur 2d, Appeal and Error §§ 296, 302.
Judge GREENE dissenting.
Appeal by defendant from Fuller, Judge. Judgment entered 18 September 1989 in District Court held in IREDELL County. Heard in the Court of Appeals 27 August 1990.
Benbow and Phillips, by C. David Benbow, for plaintiff, appellee.
Rudisill & Brackett, P.A., by Curtis R. Sharpe, Jr., for defendant, appellant.

Opinion:
HEDRICK, Chief Judge.
On 18 September 1989, Judge Fuller conducted a hearing, announced in open court what his order would be, and directed counsel to prepare the formal order. At the same session of court, on the same day, he signed and entered the formal order from which defendant purports to appeal. The record also discloses that on the same date, defendant requested the court reporter to prepare and deliver to defendant's counsel a copy of the transcript of the proceedings. The order entered and signed by Judge Fuller on 18 September 1989 was "filed" in the Office of the Clerk on 2 November 1989. Defendant, on 9 November 1989, gave notice of appeal "to the North Carolina Court of Appeals from the findings, conclusions, order and entry of order by the Honorable George T. Fuller, District Court Judge, filed in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Iredell County on November 2,1989" (emphasis added).
G.S. 1-279.1 and Rule 3(c) of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure provide that a party must give notice of appeal from a judgment or order "within 30 days after its entry." The appellate court obtains no jurisdiction if the appealing party fails to give notice of appeal within the time prescribed by the statute or rule. See Gualtieri v. Burleson, 84 N.C. App. 650, 353 S.E.2d 652, disc. review denied, 320 N.C. 168, 358 S.E.2d 50 (1987). In the present case, the record affirmatively demonstrates defendant did not give notice of appeal "within 30 days" after the entry of the order on 18 September 1989, and thus, we have no jurisdiction to hear the appeal. Inasmuch as Judge Fuller announced his order in open court and directed counsel to prepare the formal order which the judge signed and entered on the same day, at the same session of court, G.S. 1A-1, Rule 58, paragraph three has no application in this case.
Appeal dismissed.
Judge ARNOLD concurs.
Judge Greene dissents.