Hendrix v. High Point, Thomasville & Denton Railway Co.

The municipal court of the city of High. Point was established in 1913 as a special court for the trial of petty misdemeanors. Chap. 569, Public-Local Laws 1913. In 1927 it was given civil jurisdiction in certain cases with the right of appellate review by the Superior Court of Guilford County. Chap. 699, Public-Local Laws 1927; Cecil v. Lumber Co., 197 N. C., 81, 147 S. E., 735; Provision Co. v. Daves, 190 N. C., 7, 128 S. E., 593.

The grant of civil jurisdiction to this Court is couched in the following language:

*580“Exclusive original jurisdiction in all civil actions, and divorce actions,…