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SHELTON v. FAIRLEY

No. 8426SC164.

323 S.E.2d 410 (1984)

Thomas M. SHELTON, III, Alan Craig Shelton and George C. Collie, Successor Trustee, of the Trust of Thomas M. Shelton, Deceased, Plaintiffs, v. Francis H. FAIRLEY, Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Thomas M. Shelton, Deceased; Francis H. Fairley, S. Dean Hamrick, James D. Monteith and Lawrence A. Cobb, Individually and as Fairley, Hamrick, Monteith & Cobb, a North Carolina Partnership, Defendants, and Lois Holt Shelton Wilson and Catherine Norell Shelton Einhaus, Additional Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 18, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George C. Collie and Charles M. Welling, Charlotte, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Golding, Crews, Meekins, Gordon & Gray, by John G. Golding and Harvey L. Cosper, Jr., Charlotte, for defendants, appellees.

WHICHARD, Judge.

I.

The first issue concerns service of process on defendants Fairley, Monteith and Cobb. To exercise personal jurisdiction over a natural person, process must be served in compliance with N.C.Gen.Stat. 1A-1, Rule 4(j)(1). "Where a statute provides for service of summons by designated methods, the specified requirements must be complied with or there is no valid service." Long v. Board of Education, 52 N.C. App. 625, 626,

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