J. A. Jones Construction Co. v. Hamlet Ice Co.

The facts are these: On 23 March, 1925, the Hamlet Ice Company instituted a suit in the Superior Court of Wake County against the J. A. Jones Construction Company, of Charlotte, N. C., and the Maryland Casualty Company, as surety, to recover damages for an alleged breach of a building contract. Summons in the action was served by the sheriff of Mecklenburg County on 24 March, 1925, and the complaint was filed on 8 April, 1925. After the service of summons in the suit just mentioned, and on the following day, 25 March, 1925, the J. A. Jones Construction Company instituted this action in the…