City of New Bern v. New Bern-Craven County Board of Education

WEBB, Justice.

The question brought to the Court by this appeal is whether the superior court had jurisdiction under the Declaratory Judgment Act, N.C.G.S. § 1-253 et seq., to determine the validity of laws adopted by the General Assembly to provide that Craven County *559shall administer building and safety codes inside the city limits of New Bern. N.C.G.S. § 1-254 provides in part:

Any person interested under a deed, will, written contract or whose rights, status or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, contract or franchise, may have determined any question of…