Legal Opinion

Coble v. Reap

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided January 20, 1967PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtParker, C.J.

Plaintiff assigns as error the judgment sustaining the demurrer to his complaint that a justice of the peace has exclusive jurisdiction over the subject matter of the action, and dismissing the action.

It is hornbook law in this jurisdiction that a demurrer admits, for the purpose of testing the sufficiency of the pleading, the truth of factual averments well stated and all relevant inferences of fact deducible therefrom, but it does not admit inferences or conclusions of law. 3 Strong’s N. C. Index, Pleadings, § 12.

An objection that the court has no jurisdiction over the subject matter of the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Barnette v. WoodySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1955
  2. Williams v. . CooperSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1943
  3. Richardson v. RichardsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1964
  4. Asher v. . ReizensteinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
  5. Higgs-Taft Furniture Co. v. ClarkSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1926

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Underwood v. HowlandCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1968

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