Wilkie v. City of Boiling Spring Lakes

ERVIN, Justice.

**540 The issue in this case is whether plaintiffs Edward F. and Debra T. Wilkie are entitled to seek compensation pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 40A-51 based upon the extended flooding of their property as the result of actions taken by defendant City of Boiling Spring Lakes for an allegedly private purpose. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse the Court of Appeals' decision and remand this case to the Court of Appeals for consideration of defendant's remaining challenges to the trial court's order.

**541 Plaintiffs own a house and lot bordering Spring Lake, a thirty-one acre…