FLORIDA NAT. BANK v. SATTERFIELD

No. 873SC1049.

367 S.E.2d 358 (1988)

FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK, f/k/a Royal Trust Bank, N.A. v. G. Howard SATTERFIELD, Jr.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Debnam, Hibbert & Pahl by Cindy G. Oliver and Bettie K. Sousa, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee.

Connor, Bunn, Rogerson & Woodard by David M. Connor and I. Joe Ivey, Wilson, for defendant-appellant.


EAGLES, Judge.

The Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution requires North Carolina to enforce a judgment rendered in another state, if the judgment is valid under the laws of that state. Boyles v. Boyles, 308 N.C. 488, 302 S.E.2d 790 (1983); U.S. Const., Art. IV, section 1. A foreign judgment may be collaterally attacked only on the grounds that it was obtained without jurisdiction; that fraud was involved...

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