LEWIS v. HARRIS

No. 312.

78 S.E.2d 715 (1953)

238 N.C. 642

LEWIS et ux. v. HARRIS et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 25, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George B. Riddle, Jr., New Bern, for substituted plaintiff appellant.

Lee & Hancock, New Bern, for defendant appellee.


WINBORNE, Justice.

While the parties debate in this Court the question as to whether the judge below erred in his ruling that the action stand abated, and in dismissing the action, it is apparent upon the face of the record that this Court does not reach this question, for there looms at the threshhold, of this appeal, another question: Did Grady, Emergency Judge, have jurisdiction to enter the order now being challenged? The answer is No.

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