Kahan v. Longiotti

VAUGHN, Judge.

The trial court’s ruling denied defendant’s motion to dismiss for insufficiency of process and improper service of process. Without proper and sufficient service of process, the trial court had no jurisdiction over his person. An adverse ruling on the jurisdiction of the court is immediately appealable.

Any interested party shall have the right of immediate appeal from an adverse ruling as to the jurisdiction of the court over the person or property of the defendant. . . .

G.S. l-277(b). Rule 3(c) of the North Carolina Rules of Appellate Procedure permits appeal from “a judgment…