Carolina Power & Light Co. v. Bowman

The former appeal in this case by the plaintiff was from a judgment of nonsuit. Light Co. v. Bowman, 228 N. C. 319, 45 S. E. (2) 531. The question then debated was whether plaintiff’s easement acquired by judgment in condemnation proceeding was valid and subsisting as against subsequent purchasers from the original owners of the land. Consideration of pertinent recording statutes was involved. Plaintiff’s rights under the condemnation decree were upheld, and the cause was remanded for determination of the issue raised by the defendants’ general denial of plaintiff’s action for mandatory…