City of Statesville v. Bowles

SHARP, Justice.

Judge Beal’s findings of fact support his judgment, and the evidence supports his findings of fact. Thus, unless it appears that the findings were influenced by incompetent evidence, the judgment must be affirmed. Reid v. Johnston, 241 N.C. 201, 85 S.E. 2d 114; Gasperson v. Rice, 240 N.C. 660, 88 S.E. 2d 665.

Petitioner, contending that the court acted upon incompetent evidence, assigns as error the admission of certain testimony with reference to another possible location of the sewer line over respondents’ property. Respondents elicited this evidence in their cross-examination…