Unitrac v. Southern Funding Corp.

ARNOLD, Judge.

The question which determines this appeal is whether or not Mecklenburg County Superior Court had in personam jurisdiction over defendant Southern Funding Corporation, a resident of Florida. It did not.

Plaintiff Unitrac, Inc., claims that defendant had two contacts with North Carolina, which provided the basis for in personam jurisdiction. These were (1) the agreement between Unitrac and Southern Funding for the sale of yarn, as evidenced by a memorandum of sale and contract prepared by John L. Stickley in Charlotte, North Carolina, and (2) the fact that the yarn was shipped to…