In Re Hickerson

Decision on tbis appeal rests upon tbe determination of tbis question: Was tbe statute G.S. 7-285 repealed by tbe provisions of Chapter 896 of tbe 1949 Session Laws of North Carolina?

If tbis statute was so repealed, Wilkes County was thereby brought within tbe purview of tbe public statutes, Article 30 of Chapter 7 of General Statutes, G.S. 7-265, G.S. 7-266, et seq., authorizing, and making provision for, tbe establishment of general county courts, and in such event tbe board of commissioners for tbe county of Wilkes would have been authorized to establish a general county court in Wilkes…