Ridge Community Investors, Inc. v. Berry

BRANCH, Justice.

This appeal presents the question of whether the trial judge erred by denying plaintiffs’ application and motion for a preliminary injunction prohibiting defendants from enforcing the claim of lien filed in Watauga County. It is plaintiffs’ position that he did.

Plaintiffs first contend that the Mecklenburg Superior Court is without jurisdiction to enforce a claim of lien filed in Watauga County. In support of this contention, they point to the following language in G.S. 44A-12:(a) Place of Filing. — All claims of lien against any real property must be filed in the office of…