McCue v. . Times-News Co.
This text of 156 S.E. 129 (McCue v. . Times-News Co.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Court of North Carolina primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The plaintiff brought suit in Buncombe County to recover damages for alleged libel. The defendant is a domestic corporation having its principal office and place of business in Hendersonville, Henderson County, and in apt time made a motion to remove the cause to the county of Henderson. The motion was granted-, the plaintiff excepted and appealed.
*803 For the purpose of suing and being sued the principal place of business of a domestic corporation is its residence. C. S., 466. If the plaintiff is a nonresident of the State, the residence of the defendant is the proper venue in actions of this kind. C. S., 469; Southern Cotton, Oil Company v. Grimes, 183 N. C., 97.
The trial court found as a fact from the evidence that the plaintiff is not a resident of Buncombe County and is a nonresident of the State. The appellate court is bound by this finding. Judgment
Affirmed.
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