Legal Opinion
McCoy v. McCoy
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided April 7, 1976No. 7510DC921PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Judge.
This case presents the question: Is issuance of a summons essential to validity of service of process by publication made pursuant to G.S. 1A-1, Rule 4(j) (9)c upon a party to a civil action whose “address, whereabouts, dwelling house or usual place of abode is unknown and cannot with due diligence be ascertained?” We hold that it is not.
Since 1 January 1970, the effective date of our Rules of Civil Procedure, a civil action is no longer commenced by issuance of summons but by filing a complaint with the court. G.S. 1A-1, Rule 3. Even under our former practice, when in general a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Voehringer v. . PollockSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1944
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