Legal Opinion
Rowlette v. State
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided February 19, 2008No. COA06-1036PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Judge.
“[T]he security of Property[,]” Alexander Hamilton informed the Philadelphia Convention in May of 1787, is one of the “great obj[ects] of Government.]” 1 The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787 302 (Max Farrand ed. 1911). Accordingly, the United States Constitution provides that “private property [shall not] be taken for public use, without just compensation.” U.S. Const, amend. V. 1 Although North Carolina’s Constitution does not expressly prohibit private property from being taken for public use without compensation, “ ‘the principle is so grounded in natural equity…
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