Lyerly v. North Carrolina State Highway Commission

Pee CüRiam.

As stated in petitioners’ brief, their allegations herein “are substantially identical with those” in the companion case of Sherrill v. Highway Commission, ante, 643, 142 S.E. 2d 653. Petitioners alleged they, as lessees, operated a grocery store in the Sherrill building on South Center Street, Statesville, N. C., and that, on account of the destruction of the south wall of said building on October 14, 1959, (1) their stock of goods was damaged, (2) they incurred extra expense, and (3) they lost profits, to their damage in the aggregate amount of $2,800.00.

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