303 N.C. 710
283 S.E.2d 136
Mrs. O. A. ABBOTT, et al. v. The TOWN OF HIGHLANDS, et al.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided August 31, 1981.
Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1981-08-31
Relies on 52 N.C. App. 69 - Abbott v. Town of Highlands
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Decided 1981-08-31
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently May 2008 · most notably 100 N.C. App. 349 - Martin v. Ray Lackey Enterprises, Inc. (1990), 107 N.C. App. 252 - Canady v. Mann (1992)
24 state decisions
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¶1Herbert L. Hyde, Asheville, for plaintiff.
¶2*137 Rodgers, Cabler & Henson, Highlands, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, for defendants.
¶3Douglas A. Johnston, Asst. Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for defendants.
¶4Plaintiff's notice of appeal and petition for discretionary review under G.S. § 731, 52 N.C.App. 69 and 277 S.E.2d 820. Defendant's motion to dismiss the appeal for lack of substantial constitutional question, allowed. Petition denied.