Van Kempen v. . Latham

This action was before this Court on appeal by plaintiff from a demurrer filed by defendant and sustained by the court below. This Court reversed the court below and held that the demurrer should have been overruled. Van Kempen v. Latham, 195 N. C., 389. In that case, at p. 394, is the following: “Ordinarily a receiver cannot maintain an action in another jurisdiction. As a rule, they have no extra territorial jurisdiction. But the weight of authority is to the effect that the privilege may be granted as a courtesy, not as an obligation- — by way of comity — and then only when it will not…