Kellis v. . Welch

The appeal raises a question, not of jurisdiction, but of venue — the county in which the facts relied on are alleged to have occurred, or in which the cause of action arose.

The place of trial is regulated by statute. C. S., 463 et seq. Subject to statutory exceptions an action may be tried in the county in which the plaintiff or the defendant resides at the time the action is commenced (C. S., 469; McFadden v. Maxwell, 198 N. C., 223); but an action against a public officer for an act done by him by virtue of his office must be tried in the county in which the cause or some part of it arose,…