City of Charlotte v. Hurlahe

LEVINSON, Judge.

Plaintiff, the city of Charlotte, appeals from judgment awarding defendants John and Linda Hurlahe damages of $2,000,000 plus interest, and from the trial court’s denial of plaintiff’s post trial motions for a new trial or judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Defendants cross-appeal from an order granting plaintiff’s motion to extend the time for plaintiff to serve its proposed record on appeal, and denying defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s appeal. We affirm.

In 1986 defendants moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. Defendants bought property near Charlotte/Douglas…