Court Opinion

ID: 6697741
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-20 21:58:40.371446+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:01:18.209003
License: Public Domain

Pee Ouexam.
The third cause of action is based upon a separate and distinct tort in the nature of abuse of process, and hence could not be properly joined with the other causes of action constituting a counterclaim. R. R. v. Nichols, 187 N. C., 153, 120 S. E., 819; Sasser v. Bullard, 199 N. C., 562, 155 S. E., 248; Williams v. Gooch, 206 N. C., 330; Lucas and Lewis v. North Carolina Bank and Trust Co., 206 N. C., 909.
Affirmed.