IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 365A15-2
Filed 11 May 2018
ATLANTIC COAST PROPERTIES, INC., a Delaware Corporation,
Petitioner
v.
ANGERONA M. SAUNDERS and husband, ALGUSTUS O. SAUNDERS, JR.,
LUCY M. TILLETT, PATRICIA W. MOORE−PLEDGER, GENEVIVE M.
GOODMAN, LYNETTE C. WINSLOW, and CARLTON RAY WINSLOW,
Respondents
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of
the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___, 807 S.E.2d 182 (2017), affirming an order
granting summary judgment entered on 16 November 2016 by Judge Milton F. Fitch,
Jr. in Superior Court, Currituck County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 16 April
2018.
Hornthal, Riley, Ellis & Maland, LLP, by M. H. Hood Ellis and Casey L.
Peaden, for petitioner-appellant.
Nexsen Pruet PLLC, by Brian T. Pearce and Norman W. Shearin, for
respondent-appellees.
PER CURIAM.
ATL. COAST PROPS., INC. V. SAUNDERS
Opinion of the Court
For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion, the decision of the Court of
Appeals is reversed. This matter is remanded to the Court of Appeals for further
remand to the trial court for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
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