THORPE v. DeMENT

No. 8310SC130.

317 S.E.2d 692 (1984)

Junious THORPE, Administrator of Estate of Shirley Ann Thorpe, deceased, Junious Thorpe, Individually, and Mary Bunch Thorpe v. Russell W. DeMENT, Jr., Philip O. Redwine, Sherman A. Yeargan, Jr. and Garland L. Askew, doing business as DeMent, Redwine, Yeargan and Askew, Attorneys at Law.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyce, Mitchell, Burns & Smith, P.A., by Greg L. Hinshaw, Raleigh, for plaintiff appellants.

Van Camp, Gill & Crumpler, P.A., by Douglas R. Gill, Raleigh, for defendant appellees.


JOHNSON, Judge.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether the record discloses that the plaintiffs' claim is barred by the running of the statute of limitations. If so, defendants were entitled to judgment as a matter of law, and summary judgment under G.S. 1A-1, Rule 56, was appropriate. Brantley v. Dunstan, 10 N.C. App. 706, 179 S.E.2d 878 (1971).

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