Court of Appeals of North Carolina October 4, 1983, No. 823SC968 (Tar Landing Villas Owners' Ass'n v. Town of Atlantic Beach)

VAUGHN, Chief Judge.

The first question raised by petitioners on appeal is whether the trial court erred in refusing to apply the doctrine of collateral estoppel or res judicata. We affirm that part of the judgment holding that neither the doctrine of res judicata nor collateral estoppel precluded the Town from annexing petitioners’ properties.