GARDNER v. GARDNER

No. 53.

268 S.E.2d 468 (1980)

300 N.C. 715

Rose D. GARDNER v. Jonas Melvin GARDNER.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freeman, Edwards & Vinson by George K. Freeman, Jr., Goldsboro, for plaintiff-appellee.

Mast, Tew, Nall & Lucas, P.A. by George B. Mast, Smithfield, and Taylor, Warren, Kerr & Walker by Lindsay C. Warren, Jr., Goldsboro, for defendant-appellant.


EXUM, Justice.

The crux of this appeal is whether a statute may be applied retroactively to alter the effect of a final judgment which had previously established the proper venue for an action. We hold that it may not and affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals.

This appeal represents the fourth attempt by defendant to secure venue for this divorce case in Johnston County. The procedural history of the case is as follows:

Plaintiff Rose Gardner...

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