ARNOLD v. RAY CHARLES ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. 687.

141 S.E.2d 14 (1965)

264 N.C. 92

Oliver W. ARNOLD v. RAY CHARLES ENTERPRISES, INC., and Ray Charles (As Leader of "The Sixteen Plus the Raelets, Musicians").

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 24, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Major S. High, Greensboro, Samuel S. Mitchell, Raleigh, Lee & Lee, Greensboro, for plaintiff.

Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell & Hunter, by Richmond G. Bernhardt, Jr. and James R. Turner, Greensboro, for defendants.


SHARP, Justice.

The contract involved in this case was made in New York, it was to be performed in Virginia, and the action for its breach is brought in North Carolina. Unquestionably the law of the forum, North Carolina, governs all matters of procedure. Howard v. Howard, 200 N.C. 574, 158 S.E. 101. No question of interpretation arises; the language is clear and unambiguous, leaving no room for construction. The only question of substantive law raised by the assignments...

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