Easement; Declaratory Judgment; Summary Judgment; Jurisdiction; Motion to Dismiss; Dismissed.

restrictive covenants; North Carolina Planned Community Act

Rule 60(b), voluntary dismissal with prejudice, abuse of discretion

N.C.R. App. P. 3.1(e); N.C.G.S. § 7B-1111(a)(1), (a)(2); N.C.G.S. § 7B-1110(a)

Sign Ordinance Violation;
Notice;
Right to Cure;
Abatement;
Mootness;
Judgement on the Pleadings;

Defamation, libel, civil tort

lease; survivor of the lease; breach of contract; scrivener's error; parol evidence

breaking or entering a motor vehicle; larceny; motion to dismiss; lack of consent of the owner; lay opinion testimony; plain error review; sentencing upon remand; prior record level

probable cause, probationer, reasonable suspicion, warrentless search

Oral notice of appeal; Notice of appeal at time of trial; Timely notice of appeal; Petition for writ of certiorari; Same session of court; Judgment in fieri; Sine die; Sufficient to confer jurisdiction; Assault inflicting physical injury; State employee; Request for lesser-included offense; Jury instructions; Sufficiency of evidence.