Waters v. McBee

Before the limitation was imposed on the Legislature by sec. 29, Art. II of the Constitution, it could, by local act, establish in any community courts inferior to the Superior Court. Rhyne v. Lipscombe, 122 N.C. 650; S. v. Baskerville, 141 N.C. 811; Oil Co. v. Grocery Co., 169 N.C. 521, 86 S.E. 338; McCall v. Webb, 125 N.C. 243; Jones v. Oil Co., 202 N.C. 328, 162 S.E. 741.

The limitation imposed on the Legislature by the amendment (sec. 29, Art. II) to establish local courts, tailored to fit the assumed needs of each locality, created a responsibility to provide a uniform system of…