ATLANTIC COAST PROPERTIES INC v. SAUNDERS (2018)

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

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

No. 365A15-2

Decided: May 11, 2018

Hornthal, Riley, Ellis & Maland, LLP, by M. H. Hood Ellis, Elizabeth City, and Casey L. Peaden, for petitioner-appellant. Nexsen Pruet PLLC, by Brian T. Pearce and Norman W. Shearin, for respondent-appellees.

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.

PER CURIAM.