TOWN OF APEX v. Whitehurst

STROUD, Judge.

Defendants appeal three orders regarding the condemnation of their land. As defendants’ appeal is untimely, we dismiss the appeal.

I. Background

Plaintiff, the Town of Apex (“Apex”), brought this condemnation action pursuant to “Article 9 of Chapter 136 of the North Carolina General Statutes” 1 because it was “necessary to condemn and appropriate” the property of defendants “for public use in the construction of a certain gravity sewer line project[.]” The parties were “unable to agree as to the purchase price of the property... appropriated^]” and thus Apex requested the Court to…