NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 383

HOUSE BILL 221

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 7-122 RELATING TO JURISDICTION OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE IN CLAIM AND DELIVERY PROCEEDINGS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 7-122 is hereby amended by striking out the period at the end, inserting a colon in lieu thereof, and adding the following words:

"Provided, however, that justices of the peace shall have concurrent jurisdiction in claim and delivery proceedings wherein the value of the property in controversy does not exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) and provided, further, that the plaintiff or petitioner in such action has a vendor-vendee relationship with the defendant with respect to the property in question."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of May, 1963.