Albertson v. Albertson

Is the judgment of the municipal court of the city of High Point granting the defendant an absolute divorce null and void? We think not.

The Constitution of North Carolina, Art. IV, sec. 12, is as follows: “Jurisdiction of courts inferior to Supreme Court. — The General Assembly shall have no power to deprive the judicial department of any power or jurisdiction which rightfully pertains to it as a coordinate depart*549ment of the government; but the General Assembly shall allot and distribute that portion of this power and jurisdiction which does not pertain to the Supreme Court among the other…