Supreme Court of North Carolina June 16, 1966, 613 (Jenkins v. Winecoff)

Bobbitt, J.

The more serious question confronting us on this record is whether the court below had jurisdiction of plaintiff’s action. This question is not discussed in the briefs. However, this Court considers the jurisdictional question

ex mero motu. Hopkins v. Barnhardt,

223 N.C. 617, 27 S.E. 2d 644, and cases cited.