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FORD v. FORD MOULDING CO.

No. 456.

56 S.E.2d 14 (1949)

231 N.C. 105

FORD v. FORD MOULDING CO. et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 9, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malone & Malone, Yarborough & Yarborough, Louisburg, for plaintiff appellee.

Edward F. Griffin, Louisburg, for defendants appellants.

WINBORNE, Justice.

Defendants challenge the jurisdiction of a court of a justice of the peace in this proceeding, and assign as error the denial of their motions for judgment as of nonsuit.

The jurisdiction of a justice of the peace in civil action for recovery of possession of real estate is entirely statutory, and is derived from the landlord and tenant act providing for summary ejectment. Article 3 of Chapter 42 of the General Statutes of North Carolina...

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