State Ex Rel. Long v. Smitherman

In Article 41 of Chapter 1 of the General Statutes of North Carolina pertaining to actions in the nature of quo warranto it is provided in G.S. 1-522 that “All actions brought by a private relator, upon the leave of the Attorney General, to try the title to an office must be brought, and; a copy of the complaint served on the defendant, within ninety days after his induction into the office to which the title is to be tried; and when it appears from the papers in the cause, or is otherwise shown to the satisfaction of the court, that the summons and complaint have not been served within…