Everett v. . Johnson

At the April Term, 1940, Onslow Superior Court, Hamilton, Special Judge, presiding, these consolidated causes came on for hearing on the report of the referee and exceptions filed thereto by the defendants. By consent of all the parties it was agreed that Judge Hamilton might determine the matter at such time and place outside the county and district “as might be convenient for said presiding judge and for counsel representing the parties.”

Thereafter, counsel for plaintiff saw Judge Hamilton at his home in Morehead City and he set the hearing for 17 July, 1940, at Burgaw, in Pender County,…