WHITENER v. WHITENER

No. 8129DC381.

289 S.E.2d 887 (1982)

Warren B. WHITENER v. Ollie Vee WHITENER.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 6, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Lee Atkins, Saluda, for plaintiff-appellant.

Prince, Youngblood, Massagee & Creekman by James E. Creekman, Hendersonville, for defendant-appellee.


WEBB, Judge.

The plaintiff first contends that the district court has jurisdiction because this is an in rem or quasi in rem action. Plaintiff argues this is so because there is a debt owed by persons in North Carolina to the parties to this suit. We do not believe this is an action in rem or quasi in rem. An in rem action deals with a proceeding regarding a thing. An action is quasi in rem if a thing which is not the subject...

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