Essex Investment Co. v. Pickelsimer

"We think that the only questions necessary for us to decide on this record are: (1) Does the general county court of Buncombe County, N. C., have authority under the facts in this case to appoint a receiver? ~We think -not. (2) When the judgment was transcripted and docketed in the Superior Court, was the general county court functus officio ? We think so.

The constitutionality of the general county court of Buncombe County, N. C., has been before this Court before. Jones v. Oil Co., 202 N. C., 328. In the Jones case, supra, at p. 332, it is said: “The Superior Court is a constitutional…