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TOWN OF MAIDEN v. LINCOLN COUNTY

No. COA08-1518.

680 S.E.2d 754 (2009)

TOWN OF MAIDEN, a North Carolina Municipal Corporation, Plaintiff, v. LINCOLN COUNTY, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 4, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crowe & Davis, P.A., by H. Kent Crowe, Conover, for plaintiff-appellee.

Pendleton, Pendleton & Deaton, P.A., by Jeffrey A. Taylor, Lincolnton, for defendant-appellant.

WYNN, Judge.

N.C. Gen.Stat. § 1-77(2) (2007) provides that actions against a public officer "must be tried in the county where the cause, or some part thereof, arose[.]" Here, Lincoln County appeals from an order denying its motion for change of venue, arguing the claims alleged by the Town of Maiden in its complaint against the county arose, if at all, in Lincoln County. Because we find that the causes of actions alleged by the Town of Maiden arose in Lincoln...

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