Whitmire v. Cooper

In Whitmire v. Cooper, 153 N.C. App. 730, 570 S.E.2d 908 (2002), a condemnation action of a piece of property was filed in Henderson County Superior Court. Prior to the conclusion of that action, a group of taxpayers filed a separate action involving the same piece of property in Wake County Superior Court. The Court held that the Wake County Superior Court properly dismissed the taxpayers' action, citing the Princess Lida doctrine, which requires a court to "abstain from exercising jurisdiction if 'the relief sought would require the court to control a particular property or res over which another court already has jurisdiction.'" Id. at 734, 570 S.E.2d at 911.