In re State

There is no inherent or inalienable right of appeal from an inferior court to a Superior Court or from a Superior Court to the Supreme Court. Cox v. Kinston, 217 N.C. 391, 8 S.E. 2d 252; S. v. Miller, 225 N.C. 213, 34 S.E. 2d 143; 2 A.J. 847.

A fortiori, no appeal lies from an order or decision of an administrative agency of the State or from the Judgments of special statutory tribunals whose proceedings are not according to the course of the common law, unless the right is granted by statute. 2 A.J. 858, sec. 19. If the right exists, it is brought into being, and is a right granted, by…