POWE v. ODELL

No. 88PA84.

322 S.E.2d 762 (1984)

Margaret S. POWE v. A.G. ODELL, Jr. and Odell Associates, Inc.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parker, Poe, Thompson, Bernstein, Gage & Preston by William E. Poe and Christian R. Troy, Charlotte, for plaintiff.

Boyle, Alexander, Hord & Smith by B. Irvin Boyle, Charlotte, for defendants.

Henson, Henson & Bayliss by Paul D. Coates, Perry C. Henson, and Perry C. Henson, Jr., Greensboro, for Samuel Ingham Tarble and ARA Services, Inc., amici curiae.


MARTIN, Justice.

The sole question properly before the Court for review is whether the trial court erred in holding that N.C.G.S. 24-5 violates the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States and article I, section 19 of the Constitution of North Carolina. We hold that the trial court did err in holding that the statute violates these constitutional provisions.

N.C.G.S. 24-5 (Cum.Supp.1983) provides as follows...

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