Legal Opinion

Shuford v. . Yarborough

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided May 1, 1929PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Stacy, O. J.

The demurrer was properly overruled on both grounds. C. S., 507 and annotations.

A “defect of parties” applies to necessary parties, and not to unnecessary ones. Winders v. Hill, 141 N. C., 694, 54 S. E., 440.

It is not a misjoinder of parties and causes for the receiver of a corporation to sue its president and treasurer for wrongfully abstracting and misappropriating funds of the corporation and at the same time join as party defendant his surety or the guarantor of his honesty and fidelity. Carswell v. Talley, 192 N. C., 37, 133 S. E., 181; Robinson v. Williams, 189 N. C., 256,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Clark v. Bonsal & Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
  2. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. v. FloydSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
  3. Winders v. Hill.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
  4. State Ex Rel. Greene County v. National BankSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1927
  5. Carswell v. . TalleySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1926

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Leach v. . PageSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1937
  2. Thomas & Howard Co. of Shelby, Inc. v. American Mutual Liability InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1954
  3. Burleson v. . BurlesonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1940
  4. Town of Wllkesboro v. JordanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1937
  5. Roberson v. SwainSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1952

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