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MERRICK v. PETERSON

No. COA00-247.

548 S.E.2d 171 (2001)

Rose Mary MERRICK, a minor, Plaintiff, v. Glenn R. PETERSON, Bernice Croom, Elsie Jane Peterson, Linwood Peterson, Ismae P. Brinson, Lois P. Saunders, Mary Burns Lennon, et als, Defendants, v. Carneal Hooper, Floyd Henry Hooper, William Fitzgerald Hooper, Lilly Gail Hooper Newkirk and James Almo Williams, Guardian Ad Litem for the unnamed, unknown, Incompetent and minor heirs of John H. Hooper and Joshua Hooper, Sr.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 5, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nunalee & Nunalee, L.L.P., by Mary Margaret McEachern Nunalee; and Jacqueline Morris-Goodson, Wilmington, for plaintiff-appellant.

Frink, Foy and Yount, P.A., by Henry G. Foy, Southport, for defendants-appellees.

CAMPBELL, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in granting defendants' motion for directed verdict at the close of plaintiff's evidence. We disagree and affirm the trial court's judgment.

Plaintiff, a minor, by and through her duly appointed guardian ad litem, filed an action on 19 May 1997 to quiet title to a parcel of land located in Brunswick County. In her complaint, plaintiff asserted...

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