Woods v. Billy's Automotive

WYNN, Judge.

Under North Carolina law, except in a Small Claims Division action, “a corporation cannot appear and represent itself in proper person or by its officers, but can do so only by an attorney admitted to practice law.” Lexis-Nexis, Div. of Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Travishan Corp., 155 N.C. App. 205, 207-08, 573 S.E.2d 547, 549 (2002) (citation omitted). Here, Plaintiffs appeal an order vacating a magistrate court’s judgment because the corporation was not properly served as a corporation. We hold that where a corporation being sued in the Small Claims Division is represented at trial,…