City of Lumberton v. U.S. Cold Storage

CALABRIA, Judge.

United States Cold Storage, Inc. ("defendant") appeals an order granting summary judgment for breach of contract and violation of the City of Lumberton's ("plaintiff") water and sewer regulations. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

Defendant, a New Jersey corporation, owns one hundred and thirty two (132) acres of land in Robeson County, North Carolina, outside plaintiff's corporate limits where it built and operates a commercial cold storage/refrigeration facility for meat and produce. In June of 1987, the parties entered into a water and sanitary sewer service…