N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-278 : CIVIL PROCEDURE — APPEAL — APPEAL —278 - Interlocutory orders reviewed on appeal from judgment TEXT PDF Upon an appeal from a judgment, the court may review any intermediate order involving the merits and necessarily affecting the judgment. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-278 C.C.P., s. 313; Code, s. 562; Rev., s. 589; C.S., s. 640.