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  "name": "ELIZABETH R. POSTON and husband, BANKS E. POSTON v. H. S. RAGAN, JR., and wife, LONITA S. RAGAN; H. T. RAGAN and wife, ELIZABETH H. RAGAN",
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    "judges": [
      "Judges Britt and Graham concur."
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    "parties": [
      "ELIZABETH R. POSTON and husband, BANKS E. POSTON v. H. S. RAGAN, JR., and wife, LONITA S. RAGAN; H. T. RAGAN and wife, ELIZABETH H. RAGAN"
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        "text": "CAMPBELL, Judge.\nThe question for decision is whether appellants may appeal from the order of Judge Kivett dismissing the appeal to superior court perfected by appellants\u2019 co-respondents. We hold that they cannot.\nWe find no cases directly on point in North Carolina, but the general rule is set forth in 4 C.J.S., Appeal and Error, \u00a7 348, p. 1168: . A party is not entitled to the benefit of an exception not taken by himself, and therefore an exception taken by one party is not available to his adversary, or to a co-party.\u201d\nWe find a clear statement of the general prevailing rule in Weed, et al v. Gainesville, J. & S. R. Co., et al, 119 Ga. 576, 46 S.E. 885 (1904) :\n\u201c. . . where there are various and independent parties to the litigation, and one files exceptions, the others have no vested interest therein; that the exception may be withdrawn, and other parties to the record cannot complain of the dismissal or use the original exceptions as a basis for the assignment of error here.\u201d\nThe authorities cited above are sound. Appellants did not comply with G.S. 1-272, which specifies the manner of effecting an appeal from the clerk of superior court. Therefore, they had no exceptions pending before Judge Kivett. When their corespondents abandoned the only exceptions that were before Judge Kivett, nothing remained to be heard.\nAppellants cannot be aggrieved by an order dismissing someone else\u2019s appeal. An appeal to this Court can be taken only by a party aggrieved. G.S. 1-272.\nAppealed dismissed.\nJudges Britt and Graham concur.",
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        "author": "CAMPBELL, Judge."
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    "attorneys": [
      "James Mattocks and C. Richard Tate, Jr., for petitioners appellees.",
      "Frazier, Frazier & Mahler by C. Clifford Frazier, Jr., and Spencer W. White for respondent appellants, H. S. Ragan, Jr., and wife, Lonita S. Ragan.",
      "Haworth, Riggs, Kuhn and Haworth by John Haworth for respondent appellees, H. T. Ragan and wife, Elizabeth H. Ragan."
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    "head_matter": "ELIZABETH R. POSTON and husband, BANKS E. POSTON v. H. S. RAGAN, JR., and wife, LONITA S. RAGAN; H. T. RAGAN and wife, ELIZABETH H. RAGAN\nNo. 7218SC6\n(Filed 29 March 1972)\nAppeal and Error \u00a7 7; Partition \u00a7 6\u2014 partitioning proceeding \u2014 failure to file exceptions \u2014 appeal from dismissal of co-respondents\u2019 appeal\nWhere respondents in a partitioning proceeding did not file timely exceptions to the commissioners\u2019 report or to the clerk\u2019s order affirming the report and did not give notice of appeal to the superior court, they may not appeal from an order entered in the superior court dismissing their co-respondents\u2019 appeal to superior court after the co-respondents abandoned their exceptions.\nAppeal by Respondents, H. S. Ragan, Jr., and wife, Lonita S. Ragan, from Kivett, Judge, at the 26 April 1971 Session of Guilford Superior Court.\nThis is a special proceeding, instituted 5 October 1965, for the partition of land owned by the parties as tenants in common. Commissioners were appointed on 20 June 1968 to effect the partition. After an extension of time, the commissioners\u2019 report was filed 6 May 1969.\nOnly H. T. Ragan (H. T.), and wife, filed timely exceptions to the commissioners\u2019 report. These exceptions were overruled by the clerk of superior court, and his order confirming the commissioners\u2019 report was entered 19 November 1969. H. T. and wife filed timely exceptions to the clerk\u2019s order and appealed to the superior court.\nAppellants, H. S. Ragan, Jr. and wife, did not timely except to the commissioners\u2019 report or to the clerk\u2019s order and did not give notice of appeal. However, on 14 September 1970, after time for filing exceptions and giving notice of appeal had expired, appellants were granted leave to file exceptions and appeal in an order entered by Judge Collier without notice to the other parties. In accordance with this order, appellants filed exceptions and purportedly appealed to the superior court.\nOn 6 November 1970 the other parties moved to vacate Judge Collier\u2019s order, strike appellants\u2019 exceptions, and dismiss appellants\u2019 appeal to the superior court. This motion was allowed in its entirety by Judge Crissman in an order entered 27 November 1970. An appeal by appellants from this order was subsequently abandoned.\nWhen the appeal of H. T. and wife came on for hearing before Judge Kivett, the appealing parties expressly abandoned all exceptions and Judge Kivett thereupon dismissed their appeal. Appellants appeal to this Court from Judge Kivett\u2019s order dismissing the appeal of their co-respondents to the superior court.\nJames Mattocks and C. Richard Tate, Jr., for petitioners appellees.\nFrazier, Frazier & Mahler by C. Clifford Frazier, Jr., and Spencer W. White for respondent appellants, H. S. Ragan, Jr., and wife, Lonita S. Ragan.\nHaworth, Riggs, Kuhn and Haworth by John Haworth for respondent appellees, H. T. Ragan and wife, Elizabeth H. Ragan."
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