Coats v. Sampson County Memorial Hospital, Inc.

G.S. 1-77 provides that actions against a public officer or person especially appointed to execute his duties, for an act done by him by virtue of his office, must be tried in the county where the cause, or some part thereof, arose. Any consideration of G.S. 1-77 (2) involves two questions: (1) Is defendant a “public officer or person especially appointed to execute his duties”? (2) In what county did the cause of action in suit arise? Here plaintiffs make no contention that the cause of action arose elsewhere than in Sampson County. The crux of their argument is that the venue of this action…