...merits." A new affidavit was then filed and the motion granted. In cases like this the Code provides that the action must be tried in the county In which the defendants, or some of them, reside at the time of its commencement. Section 395, Code Civil Proc. But it also provides that "if the county in...

...Procedure it is provided that all actions (with certain exceptions, among which the present does not fall) must be tried in the county in which the defendants or some of them reside. It has been frequently held in this state that a corporation resides at its principal place of business,...

...ruling is drawn in question by the appeal. This is one of the actions in which the venue should be laid in the county in which the defendants, or some of them, reside. Section 395 of the Code of Civil Procedure provides, however, among other things, that if the defendants...

...residence, the action having been instituted in the county of its principal place of business, was brought "in the county in which the defendants, or some of them reside." Precisely the same situation was presented to this court in Hellman v. Logan, srtpra, wherein an individual...

...officer. Section 1-82, General Statutes of North Carolina, 1983 (as amended) Venue in all other cases. In all other cases the action must be tried in the county in which the plaintiffs or the defendants, or any of them, reside at its commencement, or if none of the defendants...

...person, who by his command or in his aid, does anything touching the duties of such officer. § 618. In all other cases, the action must be tried in the county in which the parties or some of them reside at the commencement of the action; or if none of the parties reside...

...for a cause of action, NC Gen. Stat. § 1-82 provides the general rule regarding the proper venue: In all other cases the action must be tried in the county in which the plaintiffs or the defendants, or any of them, reside at its commencement, or if none of the defendants...