Bunting v. . Henderson

It is alleged in the complaint that the defendant entered upon the land of the plaintiff in Edgecombe County and cut and removed therefrom approximately 30,000 feet of timber, of the value of $200.00, and “that the defendant is now indebted unto the plaintiff, for the timber cut and removed as aforesaid, in the sum of $200.00,” and it is prayed that the plaintiff “recover of the defendant the sum of $200.00 (and) the costs of this action.”

The question presented to us is whether the action as alleged in the complaint is transitory or local. If it is transitory it should have been retained in…