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ESTATE OF HEWETT v. COUNTY OF BRUNSWICK

No. COA08-1071.

681 S.E.2d 531 (2009)

ESTATE OF Vera HEWETT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. COUNTY OF BRUNSWICK, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 1, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Eric Altman, Leland, for plaintiff-appellee.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, by James R. Morgan, Jr. and Robert T. Numbers, II, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellant.

GEER, Judge.

Defendant, the County of Brunswick, appeals from the trial court's order denying the County's motion for summary judgment on the ground of governmental immunity. On appeal, the County contends that plaintiffs' suit is barred because the operation of the Appearance and Code Enforcement ("ACE") Program — through which the County would remove without charge certain items from its citizens' property — was a governmental function. Because we...

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