Legal Opinion
Orkin Exterminating Company v. O'HANLON
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided February 3, 1956No. 606PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPariceR, J.
The defendants assign as error the order of the court in striking out the name of the Orkin Exterminating Company, Inc. as plaintiff and in substituting in lieu thereof the name of the Orkin Exterminating Company of Raleigh, Inc. as plaintiff.
Orkin Exterminating Company, Inc., and Orkin Exterminating Company of Raleigh, Inc. are different corporations, and each one has a distinct legal entity. Hogsed v. Pearlman, 213 N.C. 240, 195 S.E. 789; 18 C.J.S., Corporations, Sec. 4.
This assignment of error presents for decision this question: Under the broad powers of amendment in the discretion of the…
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- Merrill v. . MerrillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1885
- Leach v. . PageSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1937
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