Pender County v. Sullivan

STROUD, Judge.

This case arises out of Defendants' deliberate decision to not pay property taxes which resulted in the local government getting a lien against their property for a judicial sale. Defendants challenge whether the trial court had subject matter jurisdiction and whether the trial court erred by granting summary judgment for Plaintiffs when Defendants had requested trial by jury. The trial court had subject matter jurisdiction, and no issues of genuine fact required submission to a jury. Plaintiffs were entitled to judgment as a matter of law, so we affirm the trial court's orders…