United Buying Group, Inc. v. Coleman

HUSKINS, Justice.

The sole question posed for decision is whether the trial court acquired in personam jurisdiction over defendants Lawrence H. Coleman and Morton Coleman pursuant to G.S. 1-75.4(5). To resolve this question we employ the two-step analysis suggested in Dillon v. Funding Corp., 291 N.C. 674, 231 S.E. 2d 629 (1977). First, we determine whether G.S. 1-75.4(5) of our “long arm” statute confers jurisdiction upon the superior court, which concededly has subject matter jurisdiction, to entertain this action against defendants. If our “long arm” statute confers in personam jurisdiction…