Opinion
No. 590PA04
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On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 of a unanimous, unpublished decision of the Court of Appeals, 166 N.C. App. 279, 603 S.E.2d 168 (2004), affirming an order entered 14 March 2003 by Judge Dwight L. Cranford in Superior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 Manning 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.
Bradley A. Elliott 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.
DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED.