Palmer v. . Lowe

Adams, I.

The plaintiff is a nonresident of this State; the Crunden-Martin Manufacturing Company is a foreign corporation; the defendant, Lowe, is a citizen and resident of Cabarrus County. If the suit had been brought against the corporation only,- Mecklenburg would have been the proper venue. O. S., 467. If it had been brought against Lowe as the sole defendant, the proper county would have been Cabarrus. C. S., 469. But Lowe and the corporation are joint defendants. Had the plaintiff a right to determine the place of trial by electing between the two counties ? It may be granted that a…