Legal Opinion
Wiggins v. City of Monroe
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided February 19, 1985No. 8420SC138PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BECTON, Judge.
In this case we must determine whether summary judgment was properly granted in favor of the defendants, the City of Monroe and Johnnie H. Rollins, Jr., the City’s chief building inspector, in the Wigginses’ action to recover damages sustained as a result of the demolition by the defendants of a house owned by the Wigginses.
N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 160A-441 (1982) authorizes cities and counties to exercise their police powers “to repair, close or demolish” dwellings which “are unfit for human habitation due to dilapidation. . . .” Pursuant to G.S. Sec. 160A-441 et seq. (1982), the…
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