The opinion
Stacy, C. J.,
after stating the case: The plea in abatement was properly overruled.
Brown v. Polk,
201 N. C., 375 , 160 S. E., 357 . The parties are not the same and the causes of action are different in the two suits. A final judgment in the action brought in Greene County by L. E. -Herring against B. G. Thompson would not support a plea of
res judicata
in the present action instituted in Wayne County. This is one of the tests of identity.
Bank v. Broadhurst,
197 N. C., 365 , 148 S. E., 452 .
Affirmed.