Legal Opinion

Warlick v. H. P. Reynolds & Co.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided January 8, 1910PublishedCited by 21 opinions

ActioN beard on motion to dismiss and dissolve a restraining order, before Justice, J., at chambers in Rutherfordton, N. 0., on 15 October, 1909. It appeared that on August 25, 1909, E. H. Warlick et al., plaintiffs, citizens and residents of Burke County, N. O., bad instituted tbe action in tbe Superior Court of said county against H. P. Reynolds & Co. and tbe First National Bank of Hunting-don, Pa., citizens and residents of tbe State of.

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ActioN beard on motion to dismiss and dissolve a restraining order, before Justice, J., at chambers in Rutherfordton, N. 0., on 15 October, 1909. It appeared that on August 25, 1909, E. H. Warlick et al., plaintiffs, citizens and residents of Burke County, N. O., bad instituted tbe action in tbe Superior Court of said county against H. P. Reynolds & Co. and tbe First National Bank of Hunting-don, Pa., citizens and residents of tbe State of. Pennsylvania, et al., claiming that plaintiffs, by fraudulent statements and practice on tbe part of defendants H. C. Reynolds & Co.,' bad been induced to…

1Opinion of the Court

Hoke, J.,

after stating the facts: Jurisdiction in case of actions in personam can only be acquired by personal service of process within the territorial jurisdiction of the court, or by acceptance of service, or by a general appearance, actual or constructive, this last usually arising by reason of some motion in the cause, which can only be made in behalf of one who submithis case generally to the court’s jurisdiction. Vick v. Flournoy, 147 N. C., 209; Scott v. Insurance Co., 137 N. C., 515; Bernhardt v. Brown, 118 N. C., 701; Pennoyer v. Neff, 95 U. S., 715.

Ill the present case there has…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Bernhardt v. . BrownSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1896
  2. Hazlehurst v. Savannah, Grippin & North Alabama RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1871
  3. Adams v. LamarSupreme Court of Georgia · 1850
  4. Gunther v. Liverpool & London & Globe InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  5. Scott v. Life Ass'nSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1905

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Burton v. DixonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1963
  2. Irons v. American National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1933
  3. Burgess v. Vanguard InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
  4. Denton v. . VassiliadesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1937
  5. Johnson v. . WhildenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1914

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