Sample v. Towe Motor Company, Inc.

VAUGHN, Judge.

Actions for the recovery of real property, or of an estate or interest therein, or for the determination in any form of such rights or interest must be brought in the county in which some part of the subject of the action is located. G.S. 1-76.

Plaintiffs alleged that they leased real estate, located in Pasquotank County, to defendant for a term of five years and that the lease was extended for an additional five-year term on 10 August 1972. Plaintiffs alleged defendant had breached the lease by (1) failing to make improvements to the premises and (2) by subleasing the premises.…