West v. G. D. Reddick, Inc.

ERWIN, Judge.

First, we reject defendant’s contention that the trial court acquired no personal jurisdiction over it. A summons containing the alleged infirmity with which we are here confronted was upheld by our Supreme Court in Wiles v. Construction Co., 295 N.C. 81, 243 S.E. 2d 756 (1978). The Court in Wiles overruled a line of authority to the extent that the cases therein were inconsistent with the rule announced by the Court. The Wiles rule was applied by this Court in Public Relations, Inc. v. Enterpries, Inc., 36 N.C. App. 673, 245 S.E. 2d 782 (1978).

We further conclude that the trial…