
    Patricia JOHNSON, Doris Laryea, Lovie H. Jones, and Geraldine Collier v. Lynwood LUCAS and Joe Peacock, t/a Triangle Timber Services.
    No. 158A05.
    Supreme Court of North Carolina.
    October 7, 2005.
    Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 168 N.C.App. 515, 608 S.E.2d 336 (2005), dismissing as interlocutory an appeal from a partial summary judgment entered 9 June 2003 by Judge Howard E. Manning, Jr. in Superior Court, Wake County. Heard in the Supreme Court 13 September 2005.
    Hunter, Higgins, Miles, Elam & Benjamin, P.L.L.C., by Robert N. Hunter, Jr., Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellees.
    Ligon and Hinton, by George Ligon, Jr., Raleigh, for defendant-appellant Lucas.
   PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

Justice EDMUNDS did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.  