Belk v. Belk's Department Store of Columbia, S. C., Inc.

The validity of an in personam judgment is of coui-se dependent on jurisdiction over the person of the defendant. Pennoyer v. Neff, 95 U.S. 714, 24 L. ed. 565; Rutherford v. Ray, 147 N.C. 253; Doyle v. Brown, 72 N.C. 393. It follows that a judgment in personam can only be rendered against a foreign corporation when it has exercised its corporate functions within the State. Lambert v. Schell, 235 N.C. 21, 69 S.E. 2d 11; Goldey v. Morning News, 156 U.S. 518, 39 L. ed. 517.

“Whether a foreign corporation is doing 'business in North Carolina, so as to subject it to the jurisdiction of the State’s…