I am very loth to dismiss this bill, which I understand has been many years upon the docket; but the authorities are too strong and pointed for me to get over. Jurisdiction cannot be given to a court by the admission of parties, when it has not jurisdiction of the subject-matter without such admission.
Let the bill be dismissed, each party paying half the costs.
NOTE. — See Dickens v. Ashe, post, 176; Waggoner v. Grove, 1 N.C.