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77 N.C. 300

McMinn v. . Hamilton

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided June 5, 1877

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1877-06-05

Erom the 'case agreed and the record, the following facts appear: The plaintiff brought an action against the defendant in his representative character for $70.35 before a Justice of the Peace in said County where both parties reside. The defendant obtained letters of administration and filed his official bond in Henderson County. The defendant appeared before the Justice and pleaded payment and statute of limitations.

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Decided 1877-06-05

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Eairoloth, J.

¶1 (After stating the facts as above.) Where a Court has no jurisdiction of the subject matter, the objection can be taken at any time, and indeed as soon as thi$ fact is discovered, the Court mero motu will take notice of it and dismiss the action. But if it has jurisdiction of the subject matter and the venue is wrong, the objection must be taken in apt time ; and if the defendant pleads to the merits of the action, he will be taken to have waived the objection. He cannot have two chances.

¶2 Applying this principle to the case before us, we think the defendant waived the objection by pleading before the Justice and that it was then too late to raise it.

¶3 Error.

¶4 PER, CURIAM. Judgment reversed.

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