WARRENDER v. GULL HARBOR YACHT CLUB, INC.

No. COA12-1038.

747 S.E.2d 592 (2013)

John W. WARRENDER, et. al., Plaintiffs v. GULL HARBOR YACHT CLUB, INC., et. al., Defendants. Braxton Brooks, et. al., Plaintiffs v. Gull Harbor Yacht Club, Inc., et. al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 6, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emanuel & Dunn, PLLC, New Bern, by Charles J. Cushman , for plaintiff-appellees John Warrender, Braxton Brooks, Marion Brooks, Bob Alberti, Grace Bodenstedt, Vernon Jones, Annette Jones, Chris Knight, Heather Knight, Harry Murphy, Martha Murphy, Fred Myers, Linda Myers, Walter Phillips, Pam Phillips, Wallace Shook, Nora Shook, Stanley Warlen, and Judy Warlen.

Chesnutt, Clemmons & Peacock, P.A., New Bern, by Gary H. Clemmons , for plaintiff-appellees Gull Harbor Homeowners Association, Inc., Elizabeth Sims, Carl D. Wheeler, Jeffrey B. Schmucker, Ann M. Schmucker, Donald Kirby, Lee Kirby, Barbara J. Erickson, Ralph E. Willard, Martha S. Willard, Allen Causey, Debra Causey, Faye S. Brewer, Al Wagner, Doris V. Wagner, John Bolt, Jo Anne Bolt, Laurie Brown, Thomas Kriehn, Elizabeth Kriehn, Gordon J. Slaughter, F. Darline Brady, Dorothy Dorsett, Jennifer A. Ulz, Patricia S. Foster, Karen Z. McGuiness, James R. McGuiness, Jr., Shara C. Livingston, William H. Livingston, Walter Tesch, Betty Tesch, Benton Paschall, Joan Paschall, Michael P. Soucie, Jennifer Soucie, Brian Huckle, Mary Huckle, Ronald R. Spivey, Albert Fleming, Nancy Fleming, Kenneth Ghelli, Janice Moore, Jamie Pitts, Yvonne Pitts, Bruno Retecki, and Joanne Retecki.

Ennis, Baynard and Morton, Wilmington, by Ron Medlin, Jr. , for plaintiff-appellee Gull Harbor Homeowners Association, Inc.

Howard, Stallings, From & Hutson, New Bern, P.A., by Richard P. Leissner, Jr. , for plaintiff-appellees Wayne and Barbara Young.

Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P., Raleigh, by Charles E. Coble , for defendant-appellant Gull Harbor Yacht Club, Inc.

Phillip H. Hayes , Kitty Hawk, for defendant-appellants Graham Braswell, Hugh Etheridge, Ken Etheridge, Billy Ray McLeod, William Moller, John Painter, Scott Rice, William Roche, Peter Schirm, Harry Schoenagel, Lee Shreve, Brad Sutton, William Wallin, Richard Willenbrock, Phil Nelson, and Amy Nelson.


CALABRIA, Judge.

Defendants appeal from multiple orders and judgments entered by the trial court in favor of plaintiffs on claims involving the restrictive covenants governing the Gull Harbor subdivision ("Gull Harbor"). We affirm in part, reverse in part, vacate in part, and remand.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

On 11 April 1972, developer Walton W. Smith ("Smith") acquired a large tract of land in Carteret County, North Carolina,...

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