East Carolina Farm Credit v. Salter

McCRODDEN, Judge.

Defendants bring forward two assignments of error, one each to both of the court’s orders. First, they assign error to the trial court’s denial of their motions to transfer and to dismiss the case. The underlying basis of their motions is that plaintiff’s action was one for summary ejectment, for which proper jurisdiction was in the district court division.

N.C.G.S. § 7A-258, which governs motions to transfer cases between divisions of the general court of justice, provides:(a) Any party, including the plaintiff, may move on notice to all parties to transfer the civil action…