WIGGINS v. CITY OF MONROE

No. 8420SC138.

326 S.E.2d 39 (1985)

Carl M. WIGGINS and Clara P. Wiggins v. The CITY OF MONROE, a Municipal Corporation and Johnnie H. Rollins, Jr.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grier, Parker, Poe, Thompson, Bernstein, Gage & Preston by Christian R. Troy, Charlotte, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Love & Milliken by John R. Milliken, Monroe, for defendants-appellees.


BECTON, Judge.

In this case we must determine whether summary judgment was properly granted in favor of the defendants, the City of Monroe and Johnnie H. Rollins, Jr., the City's chief building inspector, in the Wigginses' action to recover damages sustained as a result of the demolition by the defendants of a house owned by the Wigginses.

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N.C.Gen.Stat. Sec. 160A-441 (1982) authorizes cities and counties to exercise their police powers "to repair...

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