PENDERGRAFT v. HARRIS

No. 768.

148 S.E.2d 272 (1966)

267 N.C. 396

Ronald W. PENDERGRAFT and wife, Marjorie Elizabeth Pendergraft, v. William T. HARRIS and Paul A. Mitchell, Trading and Doing Business as Harris Oil Company.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 25, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryant, Lipton, Bryant & Battle, Durham, for plaintiff appellants.

Weatherspoon & Pulley and Rudolph L. Edwards, Durham, for defendant appellees.


BOBBITT, Justice.

The Durham County Civil Court was established under the statute now codified as G.S. Chapter 7, Article 35, and has jurisdiction concurrent with the superior court in tort actions wherein the amount demanded does not exceed $1,500.00, exclusive of interest and costs. G.S. § 7-372(3). See Perry v. Owens, 257 N.C. 98, 101, 125 S.E.2d 287.

G.S. § 7-378, in pertinent...

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