Jackson v. City of Gastonia

Of the underlying questions to be properly considered on this appeal, appellee states in substance this one: Did the defendant wrongfully take possession of the water and sewer lines which are the subj ect of this controversy and appropriate the same to its own use without compensation therefor? In the light of the agreed facts this Court is constrained to hold that this question must be answered in the affirmative. The cases of Farr v. Asheville, 205 N.C. 82, 170 S.E. 125, and Spaugh v. Winston-Salem, 234 N.C. 708, 68 S.E. 2d 838, upon which defendant, appellee, mainly relies are…