Miller v. . Miller

Stacy, C. J.,

concurs on the ground that the municipal court of the city of High Point, unless it be a court of general jurisdiction, has no authority to remove a cause to the Superior Court of any county other than Guilford. Chap. 699, Public-Local Laws, 1927; 27 R. C. L., 779; Lewellyn v. Lewellyn, 203 N. C., 575.

Speaking to the right of a municipal court to grant a change of venue in the absence of statutory authority, it was said in Franken v. State, 190 Wis., 424, 209 N. W., 766: “Proceedings for change of venue are statutory in their origin, and, where no statutory provision exists…