Case Title: Manning v. County of Halifax

Citation: 359 N.C. 848

Docket Number: 589PA04

State: north-carolina

Court: North Carolina Supreme Court

Date: 2005-08-19T00:00:00Z

Document:
J. RIVES MANNING, JR. and wife, JUDY S. MANNING, RACHEL W. MATKINS TRUST, SHIELDS FERTILIZER COMPANY, CHARLES J. SHIELDS and wife, ANN J. SHIELDS, DOROTHY H. SHIELDS, FRANK SHIELDS, J.E. KERR TIMBER COMPANY, JAMES E. KERR, II and wife, JOAN B. KERR, ROY G. DIXON and wife, JANET R. DIXON, CHESTER L. HENDERSON and wife, CAROLYN M. HENDERSON, J.C. PODRUCHNY, DOUGLAS TEMPLE, III, MARY JO TEMPLE, AUGUSTA E. ROOK and husband, FORREST ROOK, JAMES A. WILSON, SR., JAMES A. WILSON, JR., WILLIAM R. WILSON, WILSON FARMS, INC., KAY MANN ANTHONY, J. ALTON WHITEHURST, JR., VERNON T. BRADLEY v. THE COUNTY OF HALIFAX No. 589PA04 FILED: 19 AUGUST 2005 On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous, unpublished decision of the Court of Appeals, 166 N.C. App. 279, 603 S.E.2d 168 (2004), affirming a judgment entered 28 February 2003 by Judge Dwight L. Cranford in Superior Court, Halifax County. On 6 April 2005, the Supreme Court allowed defendant’s motion to consolidate this case with Elliott v. County of Halifax, 166 N.C. App. 279, 603 S.E.2d 168 (2004) for hearing. Heard in the Supreme Court 18 May 2005. Janet B. Dudley for plaintiff-appellees. Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, by Christopher W. Jones, for defendant-appellant. James B. Blackburn, General Counsel, for North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, amicus curiae. PER CURIAM. DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED.