In re Foreclosure of Vogler Realty Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-1159, 24 pp.) (Linda M. McGee, J.) (Robert N. Hunter Jr., J., dissenting) Appealed from Alamance County Superior Court (Ronald L. Stephens, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full ...

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Edwards v. Hill. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-1153, 27 pp.) (Cheri Beasley, J.) Appealed from Cleveland County District Court (Ali P. Paksoy, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: The trial court endeavored to give ...

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Richards v. Jolley. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-1164, 11 pp.) (Donna S. Stroud, J.) Appealed from Rutherford County Superior Court (Laura J. Bridges, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: The plaintiffs were unable to ...

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Goad v. Chase Home Finance, LLC. In order to have a foreclosure sale enjoined pursuant to G.S. § 45-21.34, a plaintiff must not only file an application with the clerk of court but also obtain injunctive relief before the rights of the parties to the sale . . .

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Ridout v. KEP Morrisville Realty LLC. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-02-1119, 15 pp.) (James C. Fox, Sr. J.) E.D.N.C. Holding: Defendant needed plaintiff’s land in order to develop a shopping mall. As an inducement to get plaintiff to swap his land ...

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In re Kirkbride. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-05-1115, 11 pp.) (J. Rich Leonard, J.) E.B.N.C. Holding: Despite a consent order relieving the debtors of their obligations on two mortgaged properties, the creditor continued to harass the debtors in an attempt to ...

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Lawyers Title Insurance Corp. v. Zogreo, LLC. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-1093, 24 pp.) (Linda Stephens, J.) Appealed from Wake County Superior Court. (Robert H. Hobgood, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: Since the ...

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By PAUL THARP, Staff Writer [email protected]   Trust Title’s contracts with the Department of Housing and Urban Development has been terminated, according to its president, Kip Gardner. The company was HUD’s contractor for closing HUD-owned properties in North Carolina. The problems ...

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Newcomb v. County of Carteret. Despite the fact that Marshallberg Harbor is man-made, since the harbor is navigable, the owners of the land along the harbor have riparian rights. However, those lands are subject to an easement granted to the defendant-county when the harbor was created. We affirm the trial court's summary judgment rulings as to riparian rights and the county's easement. We dismiss the plaintiffs' appeal of the trial court's decision as to the prescriptive easement issue.

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By BEN MOOK, Dolan Media Newswires [email protected]   The attorneys general of all 50 states and the District of Columbia have banded together to investigate the practice of “robo-signing” and other concerns that have arisen about banks and foreclosure-processing firms. ...

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