A couple of Pender County, North Carolina, residents are headed to court after a mother-daughter duo says that their neighbors are interfering with their ability to sell their house. Joy and Odessa Moran have sued Myra and James McDuffie for violating the terms of the right-of-first-refusal contract.
According to the Morans, the McDuffies are trying to drive away potential buyers so that the house will go into foreclosure, allowing the couple to scoop the property up at a discounted rate. The Morans are selling their home. After all, they can no longer afford the monthly mortgage payment.
For their part, the McDuffies deny any such involvement, and they have filed a counterclaim saying as much. Now, the Morans are in a race against the clock and trying to find a buyer before they lose the house. Meanwhile, the McDuffies are trying to defend their reputation and their ability to buy the Moran property before someone else does…