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ELLISON v. HUNSINGER

No. 308.

75 S.E.2d 884 (1953)

237 N.C. 619

ELLISON v. HUNSINGER et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 6, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Z. Newton, Peyton McSwain, Shelby, and George F. Coleman, Winnsboro, for the plaintiff, appellant.

Tillett, Campbell, Craighill & Rendleman, Charlotte, for the defendant Crespi Cotton Co., Appellee.

Joseph C. Whisnant, Shelby, for the defendants Planters & Merchants Warehouse, Inc., and J. E. Noggle, Manager of Planters & Merchants Warehouse, Inc., appellees.

Harry McMullan, Atty. Gen., and T. W. Bruton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the defendants A. B. Fairley, State Warehouse Superintendent, and Brandon P. Hodges, Treasurer of State, Appellees.

PARKER, Justice.

Each state has the right to regulate the transfer of property within its limits. The prevailing modern theory is that the law of the situs in general controls transfers of personalty. All the transactions between the plaintiff Ellison and Hunsinger occurred in South Carolina; the 43 bales of cotton were situated in South Carolina; according to Hunsinger's representations, Ellison was to be paid by Cooley's cheque; Cooley lived in Spartanburg, South...

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