Campbell v. . Sloan
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action, tried before Bay, J., and a jury,' at October Term, 1919, of Burro ombe. This action was brought by plaintiff to recover commissions on rent collected by defendant from the United States on the Haywood White Sulphur Springs property, located near Waynesville, and only involves commissions on the rent for eleven days in March, 1918, and for the month of April, 1918. No rent had been collected by defendant for the subsequent months at the time the summons was…
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Civil action, tried before Bay, J., and a jury,' at October Term, 1919, of Burro ombe. This action was brought by plaintiff to recover commissions on rent collected by defendant from the United States on the Haywood White Sulphur Springs property, located near Waynesville, and only involves commissions on the rent for eleven days in March, 1918, and for the month of April, 1918. No rent had been collected by defendant for the subsequent months at the time the summons was issued, but he had received rent for thirteen months at the time of the trial in the Superior Court of this case.…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, J.,
after stating the case as above: The defendant was served with the summons in Buncombe County, and contends that this did not give the justice’s court, where the action was originally commenced, any jurisdiction of his person, as he lived in Haywood County. There is nothing in this objection, as the statute only forbids a justice from issuing process in a civil action beyond his county. Rev., 1447; Austin v. Lewis, 156 N. C., 461.
The other question relates to the merits, and calls for a consideration of the evidence and the charge of the court upon the issues as to defendant’s…
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