Crabtree v. Burroughs-White Chevrolet Sales Co.

This case involves the validity of the service of summons upon the Burroughs-White Chevrolet Sales Company, a nonresident of the State, in an action to recover damages for a personal injury alleged to have been caused the plaintiff by defendant’s automobile, on a highway in North Carolina.

The summons and complaint were served, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 75, Public Laws 1929 (Michie’s Code, sec. 491 [a]), upon the Commissioner of Revenue of North Carolina, as the agent for service of the nonresident defendant. The Act of 1929 authorizes service of summons upon the…