Paris v. Carolina Portable Aggregates, Inc.

The General County Court of Henderson County was established under the chapter now codified as G.S. Chap. 7, Article 30. The court has jurisdiction concurrent with the Superior Court in tort actions.

At the threshold of this appeal we are faced with the question of whether the superior court judge erred in signing the order dismissing defendant’s appeal to the superior court' of Henderson County from the General County Court.

Rule 17 of the Rules of Practice in the Supreme Court, inter alia, provides:

“If the appellant in a civil action, or the defendant in a criminal prosecution, shall fail to…