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LEA v. DUDLEY

No. 731SC738.

202 S.E.2d 799 (1974)

20 N.C. App. 702

Lois G. LEA and Frank D. Cummings v. Garland (Garfield) Walter DUDLEY et al.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 20, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Kenyon Wilson, Jr., Elizabeth City, for the plaintiffs appellants.

Leroy, Wells, Shaw, Hornthal & Riley by Dewey W. Wells, Elizabeth City, for defendants appellees.

CAMPBELL, Judge.

It is accepted law in North Carolina that the courts of one state cannot determine title to real property located in another state. McRary v. McRary, 228 N.C. 714, 47 S.E.2d 27 (1948); Noble v. Pittman, 241 N.C. 601, 86 S.E.2d 89 (1955); Fall v. Eastin, 215 U.S. 1, 30 S.Ct. 3, 54 L.Ed. 65 (1909). Therefore, any part of the Virginia decree which attempted...

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