163 N.C. App. 186 - Green v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “that a foreign court with in personam jurisdiction could render judgments that indirectly affect ownership of property over which that court would have no in rem jurisdiction in certain specific instances. However, a court in a jurisdiction foreign to the subject property could not determine title to the property. An example of the former would be an equitable distribution in which the divorcing couple hold property in North Carolina but bring the divorce action in another state. The foreign court would have the authority, under principles of in personam jurisdiction, to divide the commonly held title. But where the ownership of the deed is in dispute or there is a cloud on the title, a court must have in rem jurisdiction to decide such matters.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 264 N.C. App. 119 - Walker v. K&W Cafeterias

2. “By means of its power over the person of the parties before it, a court may, in proper cases, compel them to act in relation to property not within its jurisdiction, but its decrees do not operate directly upon the property nor affect its title.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 264 N.C. App. 119 - Walker v. K&W Cafeterias

3. “' In rem ' proceedings encompass any action brought against a person in which essential purpose of suit is to determine title to or affect interests in specific property located within territory over which court has jurisdiction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 264 N.C. App. 119 - Walker v. K&W Cafeterias