CAGE v. COLONIAL BLDG. CO., INC. OF RALEIGH

No. 416PA93.

448 S.E.2d 115 (1994)

337 N.C. 682

Ruthann M. CAGE v. COLONIAL BUILDING COMPANY, INC. OF RALEIGH.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

September 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Petree Stockton by Kevin L. Miller and M. Gray Styers, Jr., Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellee.

Joslin & Sedberry by William Joslin and Nell Joslin Medlin, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


EXUM, Chief Justice.

This case arises out of the allegedly negligent construction by defendant Colonial Building Company, Inc., ("Colonial") of a townhouse subsequently purchased by plaintiff Ruthann Cage. Plaintiff purchased the townhouse more than six years before she brought this action. The question presented is whether the claim is barred by the six-year real property improvement statute of repose, N.C.G.S. § 1-50(5). We conclude the claim is barred and...

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