Roberson v. Greenleaf Johnson Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Guión, J., at tbe March Term, 1910, of MartiN. Civil action beard by Guión, J., at March Term, 1910, of tbe Superior Court of Martin County, on tbe motion of defendant for a change of venue of tbe trial. Tbe plaintiff instituted this action against tbe defendant, a corporation, in Martin County, to recover damages for tbe negligent billing of her intestate, J. W. Eoberson, while in tbe service of tbe defendant.
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Appeal from Guión, J., at tbe March Term, 1910, of MartiN. Civil action beard by Guión, J., at March Term, 1910, of tbe Superior Court of Martin County, on tbe motion of defendant for a change of venue of tbe trial. Tbe plaintiff instituted this action against tbe defendant, a corporation, in Martin County, to recover damages for tbe negligent billing of her intestate, J. W. Eoberson, while in tbe service of tbe defendant. Tbe injuries resulting in immediate death of Eoberson were received by him in Warren County. His Honor found tbe following facts: “That tbe plaintiff administratrix and her…
1Opinion of the CourtManNing, J.
While sec. 3 of the act incorporating the defendant (Private Laws of 1889, ch. 27) provides that Norfolk, Virginia, shall be the place of its principal office, this Court held in Simmons v. Steamboat Company, 113 N. C., 147: “It has been held without reference to any express provision of law or specific requirement of the charter, that it is the duty of a corporation to keep its principal place of business, its books and records and its principal officers within the State which incorporates it, to an extent necessary to the fullest jurisdiction and visitorial power of the State and its…
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- Cline v. Bryson City Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1895
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- Blackburn v. Cherokee Lumber Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1910
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