STAFFORD v. WOOD

No. 604.

68 S.E.2d 268 (1951)

234 N.C. 622

STAFFORD v. WOOD et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 12, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Cahoon, Atlanta, Ga., for the defendants, David Draper Wood and the Textile Workers Union, appellants.

Pittman & Webb and McNeill Watkins, all of Rockingham, for plaintiff, appellee.


ERVIN, Justice.

It appears on the face of the record that the Textile Workers Union is an unincorporated labor union. In consequence, we necessarily consider at the outset whether this organization is such a being as can be subjected to the jurisdiction of the court. Jinkins v. Carraway, 187 N.C. 405, 121 S.E. 657. In the very nature of things, a court must observe the limits of its own authority, and stay or dismiss a legal proceeding of its own motion in case it...

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