In Re Champion Bank & Trust Co.

The demurrer was sustained on the ground that the facts alleged do not constitute a preference under C. S., 218 (c) (14). Lamb v. Hood, Comr., 205 N. C., 409, 171 S. E., 359. But this is not all the petition alleges. It undoubtedly states a valid claim of commonalty, if not one of preference. Trust Co. v. Hood, Comr., 206 N. C., 268, 173 S. E., 601; Flack v. Hood, Comr., 204 N. C., 337, 168 S. E., 520.

A demurrer goes to the heart of a pleading and challenges the right of the pleader to maintain his position in any view of the matter, admitting for the purpose the truth of the allegations of…