Allen & O'Hara, Inc. v. Weingart

HEDRICK, Judge.

The principal question presented by this appeal is whether the courts of this state obtain quasi in rem jurisdiction to adjudicate a cause of action arising wholly outside this state when a nonresident plaintiff, pursuant to G.S. 1-440.1 et seq., attaches the real property of a nonresident defendant located in this state.

G.S. 1-75.8, in pertinent part, provides:. “A court of this State having jurisdiction of the subject matter may exercise jurisdiction in rem or quasi in rem op the grounds stated in this section. A judgment in rem or quasi in rem may affect the interests of a…