Gobel v. McKinney

BARRY GOBEL, Plaintiff,

v.

HORACE McKINNEY and EMILY MCKINNEY, Defendants.

No. COA05-78

North Carolina Court of Appeals

Filed February 7, 2006

This case not for publication

Davidson County No. 03 CVD 351.

Randy L. Cranford for plaintiff-appellee.

Jerry M. Smith for defendant-appellants.

HUDSON, Judge.

Following a dispute involving a construction agreement, plaintiff and defendants entered arbitration and the arbitrator entered an award for plaintiff in January 2002. In January 2003, plaintiff filed this action seeking to have the award reduced to a judgment for damages. Defendants filed a counterclaim,…