Carolina Builders Corp. v. Alexander Scott Group, Ltd.

• Decision Date: 05 December 1997
• Docket Number: No. 122PA97,122PA97
• Citation: 493 S.E.2d 56,347 N.C. 386
• Court: North Carolina Supreme Court
• Parties: CAROLINA BUILDERS CORPORATION v. The ALEXANDER SCOTT GROUP, LTD. d/b/a Alexander Scott Homes, and Deborah L. Ruggles, and David A. Ruggles, and First Union Mortgage Corporation, and James A. Abbott, Trustee, and Larry B. Goldstein, and Ricki F. Goldstein, and America'S Wholesale Lender, and Countrywide Title Corporation, Trustee, and Robert C. Montgomery, and Mary Anne Montgomery, and Premier Mortgage Corporation, And Richard Warren, Trustee, and A. Troy Barksdale, and Mary Jane Barksdale, and NationsBank of North Carolina, N.A., and TIM, Inc., Trustee, and Michael P. Bernard, and Gail G. Bernard, and First Union National Bank of North Carolina, N.A., and Thomas E. Muse, Trustee, and Gregory A. Quintano, and Theresa A. Quintano, and Jia Lin Chen and Hui Yu Yang, a/k/a Huiyu Yang, and PNC Mortgage Corp. of America, and Craig & Brisson, P.A., Trustee, and Daniel J. McCanna, and Donna E. McCanna, and Bank Plus Mortgage Corp., and David B. Craig, Trustee, and Bruce R. Thorne, and Cynthia Joyce Thorne, and Ryland Mortgage Company, and Walter Z. Rigsbee and Ingrid E. Stegmiller, Trustees, and Larry H. Newell, and Jessie T. Hagins, and Lena Hagins, and James William Applewhite, III, and Karen Applewhite, and Ashton Mortgage Company, and Larry E. Robbins, Trustee, and Robin Lee O'Connor-Semmes, and Karl William Semmes, and GMAC Mortgage Corporation of PA, and Donald L. Morse and Gail Stein, Trustees, and Thomas H. Thompson, and Karla L. Thompson, and Mary S. Mokate, and Mortgage Choice, Inc., and Charles G. Beemer, Trustee, and Anthony J. Roberto, and Debra D. Roberto, and Sandra Elizabeth Muth, and Norwest Mortgage, Inc., and Spruillco, Ltd., Trustee, and James D. Addison, and Shanlyn S. Addison, and Blake E. Millinor, and Lewis H. Nagler, and Barbara A. Nagler, and Atlantic Residential Mortgage Corporation, and Stanley W. Burdette and Edward A. Kouneski, Trustees, and Robert P. Shrewsbury, and Laura S. Shrewsbury, and Woodrow T. Roberson, and Brenda M. Roberson, and PHH U

Page 56

493 S.E.2d 56

347 N.C. 386

CAROLINA BUILDERS CORPORATION v. The ALEXANDER SCOTT GROUP, LTD. d/b/a Alexander Scott Homes, and Deborah L. Ruggles, and David A. Ruggles, and First

Union Mortgage Corporation, and James A. Abbott, Trustee,

and Larry B. Goldstein, and Ricki F. Goldstein, and

America'S Wholesale Lender, and Countrywide Title

Corporation, Trustee, and Robert C. Montgomery, and Mary

Anne Montgomery, and Premier Mortgage Corporation, And

Richard Warren, Trustee, and A. Troy Barksdale, and Mary

Jane Barksdale, and NationsBank of North Carolina, N.A., and

TIM, Inc., Trustee, and Michael P. Bernard, and Gail G.

Bernard, and First Union National Bank of North Carolina,

N.A., and Thomas E. Muse, Trustee, and Gregory A. Quintano,

and Theresa A. Quintano, and Jia Lin Chen and Hui Yu Yang,

a/k/a Huiyu Yang, and PNC Mortgage Corp. of America, and

Craig & Brisson, P.A., Trustee, and Daniel J. McCanna, and

Donna E. McCanna, and Bank Plus Mortgage Corp., and David B.

Craig, Trustee, and Bruce R. Thorne, and Cynthia Joyce

Thorne, and Ryland Mortgage Company, and Walter Z. Rigsbee

and Ingrid E. Stegmiller, Trustees, and Larry H. Newell, and

Jessie T. Hagins, and Lena Hagins, and James William

Applewhite, III, and Karen Applewhite, and Ashton Mortgage

Company, and Larry E. Robbins, Trustee, and Robin Lee

O'Connor-Semmes, and Karl William Semmes, and GMAC Mortgage

Corporation of PA, and Donald L. Morse and Gail Stein,

Trustees, and Thomas H. Thompson, and Karla L. Thompson, and

Mary S. Mokate, and Mortgage Choice, Inc., and Charles G.

Beemer, Trustee, and Anthony J. Roberto, and Debra D.

Roberto, and Sandra Elizabeth Muth, and Norwest Mortgage,

Inc., and Spruillco, Ltd., Trustee, and James D. Addison,

and Shanlyn S. Addison, and Blake E. Millinor, and Lewis H.

Nagler, and Barbara A. Nagler, and Atlantic Residential

Mortgage Corporation, and Stanley W. Burdette and Edward A.

Kouneski, Trustees, and Robert P. Shrewsbury, and Laura S.

Shrewsbury, and Woodrow T. Roberson, and Brenda M. Roberson,

and PHH U.S. Mortgage Corporation, and First American Title

Insurance Co., Trustee, and Investors Title Insurance

Company, and Michael J. Lopazanski, and Suzanne Lazorick,

and Michael D. Levine, Trustee.

No. 122PA97.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Dec. 5, 1997.

Smith Debnam Hibbert, L.L.P. by Caren D. Enloe, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee.

Reynolds & Pendergrass, P.A. by James K. Pendergrass, Jr., Sanford, and Ted R. Reynolds, Raleigh, for defendant-appellan...