DEES v. McKENNA

No. 22.

134 S.E.2d 644 (1964)

261 N.C. 373

Lester A. DEES v. Bette Anne Veazey McKENNA (Dees).

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 4, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Privott, Edenton, and John H. Hall, Elizabeth City, for plaintiff.

Pritchett & Cooke, Windsor, for defendant.


DENNY, Chief Justice.

The question for determination on this appeal is whether or not the court below committed error in ruling that the order entered in the Superior Court of Orange County, California, on 21 June 1963, awarding the custody of the children involved, is res judicata, and that the Superior Court of Chowan County, North Carolina, was without jurisdiction to consider or determine custody of the children...

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