PER CURIAM.
A defect of parties occurs when there has been a failure to join either a plaintiff or a defendant whose presence in the suit is necessary to give the court jurisdiction and authority to decide the controversy. When such a defect appears from the complaint itself, it is a ground for demurrer, G.S. § 1-127(4), and a fatal defect unless the necessary party is brought in under G.S. § 1-73. A superfluity of parties is not a defect of parties; it...
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