Mills v. Tri-State Motor Transit Company

The findings of fact to which the defendant excepts are each supported by evidence in the record and are, therefore, conclusive. Stewart v. Rogers, 260 N.C. 475, 133 S.E. 2d 155; Hodges v. Hodges, 257 N.C. 774, 127 S.E. 2d 567; Gasperson v. Rice, 240 N.C. 660, 83 S.E. 2d 665. These exceptions are, therefore, without merit.

Since, as the trial court found, “Tri-State did not domesticate or qualify to do business in North Carolina,” G.S. 55-143 (b) has no application. Since, as the court below also found, the plaintiff is a foreign corporation with its principal office and place of business in…