SMITH v. QUINN

No. 422PA88.

378 S.E.2d 28 (1989)

324 N.C. 316

Regina SMITH v. Martha S. QUINN.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prince, Youngblood, Massagee & Jackson by Sharon B. Ellis and B.B. Massagee III, Hendersonville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Roberts Stevens & Cogburn, P.A. by Landon Roberts and Glenn S. Gentry, Asheville, for defendant-appellant.


MARTIN, Justice.

On 7 March 1986, within a week of the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, plaintiff filed a complaint alleging that she had been injured when she slipped and fell on premises leased from defendant. Plaintiff timely caused summons to issue, but waited until 7 April 1986 to deliver it to the sheriff. The same day the summons was returned unserved. Plaintiff secured the endorsement of the summons by the clerk, extending the period for...

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