Four County Agricultural Credit Corp. v. Satterfield

The objection to the jurisdiction, since the defect does not appear on the face of the complaint (O. S., 511), but concerns the issuing and service of summons (chapter 81, Public Laws 1939), should have been made by motion to dismiss, under a special appearance. Treated as such (compare Smith v. Haughton, 206 N. C., 587, 174 S. E., 506), the plea is not good, since the allegations are sufficient to support an action for conversion of the property. But defendants did not protect themselves by a special appearance or confine the demurrer to an objection to the jurisdiction. They demurred also…