O'Brien v. Plumides

Citation348 S.E.2d 805,318 N.C. 409
Decision Date07 October 1986
Docket NumberNo. 152PA86,152PA86
PartiesCathy Surls O'BRIEN v. Michael G. PLUMIDES.
CourtUnited States State Supreme Court of North Carolina

Plumides, Plumides & Caudle by Michael G. Plumides, Charlotte, pro se.

Bender & Lawson by Jean B. Lawson, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellee.

On review upon defendant-appellant's petition for writ of certiorari allowed by this Court on 7 April 1986 to review a unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals reported at 79 N.C.App. 159, 339 S.E.2d 54 (1986), reversing the judgment of Snepp, J., entered 5 March 1986 in Superior Court, Mecklenburg County, granting summary judgment for the defendant-appellant.

PER CURIAM.

We conclude that defendant-appellant's petition for writ of certiorari was improvidently allowed.

PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED.

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