Ben Johnson Homes, Inc. v. Watkins

GREENE, Judge.

Ben Johnson Homes, Inc. (Johnson, Inc.) and C. Benjamin Johnson, Jr. (Johnson), (collectively, Plaintiffs) appeal from a 1 February 2000 order (the order) granting a motion for summary judgment in favor of Carol Frees Watkins (Defendant) dismissing Plaintiffs’ breach of contract claim.1

Johnson is the president and sole shareholder of Johnson, Inc. Johnson, Inc., a Georgia Corporation, obtained a certificate of authority to transact business in North Carolina (the certificate) on 1 November 1993. Johnson, Inc. is in the business of developing and improving residential property.…