IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 365A15-2 Filed 11 May 2018 ATLANTIC COAST PROPERTIES, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Petitioner v. ANGERONA M. SAUNDERS and husband, ALGUSTUS O. SAUNDERS, JR., LUCY M. TILLETT, PATRICIA W. MOORE−PLEDGER, GENEVIVE M.

GOODMAN, LYNETTE C. WINSLOW, and CARLTON RAY WINSLOW, Respondents

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C. App. ___, 807 S.E.2d 182 (2017), affirming an order granting summary judgment entered on 16 November 2016 by Judge Milton F. Fitch, Jr. in Superior Court, Currituck County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 16 April 2018.

Hornthal, Riley, Ellis & Maland, LLP, by M. H. Hood Ellis and Casey L.

Peaden, for petitioner-appellant.

Nexsen Pruet PLLC, by Brian T. Pearce and Norman W. Shearin, for respondent-appellees.

PER CURIAM.

ATL. COAST PROPS., INC. V. SAUNDERS Opinion of the Court

For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed. This matter is remanded to the Court of Appeals for further remand to the trial court for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

-2-