BRISSIE v. CRAIG

No. 535.

62 S.E.2d 330 (1950)

232 N.C. 701

BRISSIE et al. v. CRAIG et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 29, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph V. Kidd, Warren C. Stack, and John James, all of Charlotte, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Ray Rankin and Henry E. Fisher, Charlotte, for the defendants-appellants.


ERVIN, Justice.

Inasmuch as a court has only the jurisdiction committed to it by law, an objection based on the want of jurisdiction over the subject matter of an action may be raised at any time during the progress of the action. McCune v. Rhodes-Rhyne Manufacturing Co., 217 N.C. 351, 8 S.E.2d 219. As a consequence, the defendants had the right to demur to the complaint in the Supreme Court on the ground that it affirmatively shows upon its face that the Superior...

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