Court Opinion

ID: 6700285
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-20 22:07:14.369022+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:01:23.926564
License: Public Domain

PeR CüRiam.
The cause o-f action stated is for an assault. The lease and plaintiff’s occupancy pursuant thereto merely -afforded an opportunity for an -assault. The forced abandonment of plaintiff’s property to escape defendant’s advances is but an element -of -damages. The action is -transitory, not local. Clay Co. v. Clay Co., 203 N.C. 12, *646164 S.E. 341; Causey v. Morris, 195 N.C. 532, 142 S.E. 783.
Affirmed.
MooRE, J., took no pant in -the consideration or decision of this case.