Manning v. Tripp, 332 N.C. 341 (1992)

Sept. 4, 1992 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · No. 9A92
332 N.C. 341

JOHN HARRELL MANNING and NANNIE MAE MANNING v. BILLY RAY TRIPP

No. 9A92

(Filed 4 September 1992)

On appeal and discretionary review from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 104 N.C. App. 601, 410 S.E.2d 401 (1991), affirming the judgment of Hobgood, J., at the 29 October 1990 Civil Session of Superior Court, LENOIR County. Heard in the Supreme Court 13 April 1992.

Gillespie & Murphy, P.A., by J. Allen Murphy, for plaintiffappellee Nannie Mae Manning.

Battle, Winslow, Scott & Wiley, P.A., by Marshall A. Gallop, Jr., and M. Greg Crumpler, for appellant Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.

FRYE, Justice.

For the reasons stated in this Court’s decision in Harris v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 332 N.C. 184, 420 S.E.2d 124 (1992), the decision of the Court of Appeals is affirmed.

Affirmed.

Justice Meyer

dissenting.

I dissent for the reasons stated in my dissenting opinion in Harris v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 332 N.C. 184, 195, 420 S.E.2d 124, 131 (1992).

Justice LAKE joins in this dissenting opinion.