Jones v. Brinson

78 S.E.2d 334 (1953)

238 N.C. 506

JONES et al.

v.

BRINSON et ux.

No. 315.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 4, 1953.

Charles L. Abernethy, Jr., New Bern, for plaintiffs-appellants.

A. D. Ward, New Bern, Bernard Hollowell, Bayboro, and H. P. Whitehurst, New Bern, for defendants-appellees.

JOHNSON, Justice.

The plaintiffs' chief assignment of error is that the Superior Court of Pamlico County "had no jurisdiction" to hear the exceptions to the referee's report. The plaintiffs take the position that by virtue of the order of removal the Pamlico court lost jurisdiction of the case and the Craven…