Legal Opinion
State Highway Commission v. Thornton
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided August 25, 1967No. 855Published
1Opinion of the Court
156 S.E.2d 248 (1967)
271 N.C. 227
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION
v.
William A. THORNTON and wife, Pauline Coble Thornton.
No. 855.
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
August 25, 1967.
Atty. Gen. Wade Bruton, Deputy Atty. Gen. Harrison Lewis, Trial Attys. T. Buie Costen, Wm. F. Briley, and Associate Counsel Kenneth W. Young, for plaintiff appellant.
Ross, Wood & Dodge, Graham, for defendant appellees.
LAKE, Justice.
The Highway Commission contends that its action in improving and enlarging the old roadway, 30 feet in width, was an acceptance of the defendants' dedication of this strip of their land to the use of…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Bloodgood v. Mohawk & Hudson RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1837
- Yarborough v. North Carolina Park CommissionSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1928
- Boddie v. BondSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
- Bizzell v. BizzellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1958
- Town of Blowing Rock v. GregorieSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1956
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