Court of Appeals of North Carolina August 4, 1981, 8010SC1177 (Application of Alamance Sav. & Loan Ass'n)

CLARK, Judge.

While we agree with appellant that the entry of a final judgment on the merits is a somewhat questionable procedure, we note that the record reveals that the court had before it the briefs of the parties and the pertinent portions of the transcripts of the meetings of the Savings and Loan Commission and that the court had the benefit of the oral arguments of the attorneys for both