Orange County v. Heath

HIGGINS, Justice.

The history of this proceeding leading up to Judge Hob-good’s order appears in our prior decision reported in 278 N.C. 688, 180 S.E. 2d 810. Judge Hobgood denied the defendants’ motion for the assessment of damages on the ground the County of Orange cannot be held liable to the defendants for any damages they may have sustained as a result of the invalid restraining order issued by the court at the instance of Orange County, which order resulted in a work stoppage and delay in the completion of their mobile home park. The denial was based solely on the ground that Orange…