Court of Appeals of North Carolina March 18, 1997, No. COA96-471 (Town of Valdese v. Burke, Inc.)

EAGLES, Judge.

The dispositive issue here on appeal is whether, at the time the Town of Valdese purported to annex defendant Burke’s property, the Burke property was “contiguous” to the Town of Valdese’s then existing corporate limits within the meaning of G.S. 160A-31(f). We hold that it was not and accordingly reverse the order of the trial court.

G.S.