Cedar Works v. . Lumber Co.

This action was brought in WAKE by the plaintiff, a nonresident corporation, against the defendant, also a nonresident corporation, and it is alleged in the complaint substantially:

1. That the defendant, on 14 December, 1885, conveyed to Albemarle and Pamlico Colonization Company, with covenant of warranty, a certain tract of land in the county of Tyrrell, in the State of North Carolina, and which is particularly described in the complaint.

2. That plaintiff has acquired all the right, title, and interest of the said Colonization Company by mesne conveyances.

3. That defendant, "by its agents,…