City of Winston-Salem v. Yarbrough

Decision Date06 April 1995
Docket NumberNo. 43P95.,43P95.
Citation456 S.E.2d 519,340 N.C. 260
CourtNorth Carolina Supreme Court
PartiesCITY OF WINSTON-SALEM v. J.R. YARBROUGH and wife, Ruth N. Yarbrough; Jerone C. Herring, Trustee, Branch Banking and Trust Company; R. Larry Feimster, Trustee; and Ramey, Inc.

Ronald G. Seeber, City Atty., Charles C. Green, Jr., Asst. City Atty., Roddey M. Ligon, Jr., Gusti W. Frankel, Winston-Salem, for City of Winston-Salem.

G. Dudley Humphrey, Winston-Salem, Sharon L. McConnell, Raleigh, F. Joseph Treacy, Jr., Charles H. Rabon, Jr., Charlotte, for Yarbrough.

Prior report: 117 N.C.App. 340, 451 S.E.2d 358.

ORDER

Upon consideration of the petition filed by Defendants (Yarbroughs) in this matter for discretionary review of the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to G.S. 7A-31, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:

"Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 6th day of April 1995."

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