Town of Selma v. Nobles
Supreme Court of North Carolina
PbocbediNgs to condemn land of defendant J. R. Nobles et al., heard on exception and motion to remand, before Cranmer, J., presiding in the courts of the Fourth Judicial District, in October, 1921. It appears from a perusal of the record and case on appeal that tbe town of Selma, under and by virtue of chapter 116, Private Laws of 1915, amending charter of said town, instituted the present proceedings before the clerk of the Superior Court to condemn about two and one-half…
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PbocbediNgs to condemn land of defendant J. R. Nobles et al., heard on exception and motion to remand, before Cranmer, J., presiding in the courts of the Fourth Judicial District, in October, 1921. It appears from a perusal of the record and case on appeal that tbe town of Selma, under and by virtue of chapter 116, Private Laws of 1915, amending charter of said town, instituted the present proceedings before the clerk of the Superior Court to condemn about two and one-half acres of land belonging to defendant Nobles as an addition to the public cemetery of the town, which was about filled…
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
The charter of the town of Selma, as amended by chapter 116, Private Laws of 1915, conferred upon the municipal government the right to condemn land for purposes of a cemetery, “in the same manner as lands are condemned by railroads and public utility companies, and with the same rights of appeal.” Under C. S., ch. 33, these companies have the right to condemn lands desired for the construction of their roads, etc., by special proceedings as therein described, and section 1714 of the statute provides that such power shall not extend to the condemnation of a dwelling-house, yard, kitchen,…
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