New Bar Partnership v. Martin

STEPHENS, Judge.

Procedural History and Factual Background

This appeal concerns a dispute over a parcel of real property in downtown Raleigh. On 23 May 2011, Plaintiff New Bar Partnership (“New Bar”) filed a lis pendens in Wake County Superior Court providing notice of the existence of claims potentially affecting title to the property at issue. New Bar then filed a complaint against Defendants W.D. Martin, Jr. (“Martin”), W.D. Martin, III, as Trustee of the William D. Martin, Jr. Living Trust (“the Martin Trustee”), MMP, LLC (“MMP”), and FMW at Hillsborough & Morgan, LLC (“FMW”) (collectively,…