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Title: Intercraft Industries Corp. v. Morrison
Author : Supreme Court of North Carolina
Release Date : January 30, 1982
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 61 KB

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Rule 60(b)(1) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure allows the trial court to relieve a party from a final judgment for "[m]istake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect." G.S. 1A-1, Rule 60(b)(1). A Rule 60(b)(1) motion must be made within a reasonable time, Brady v. Town of Chapel Hill, 277 N.C. 720, 178 S.E.2d 446 (1971); G.S. 1A-1, Rule 60(b)(1), and the movant must show both the existence of one of the stated grounds for relief, and a "meritorious defense." Howard v. Williams, 40 N.C. App. 575, 253 S.E.2d 571 (1979). Even if we were to assume that respondent filed her motion within a reasonable time and had pled a