Robinson v. State Highway Commission

The applicable rule, well established, is stated by Ervin, J., in Proctor v. Highway Commission, 230 N.C. 687, 691, 55 S.E. 2d 479, as follows: “Where only a part of a tract of land is appropriated by the State Highway and Public Works Commission for highway purposes, the measure of damages in such proceeding is the difference between the fair market value of the entire tract immediately before the taking and the fair market value of what is left immediately after the taking. The items going to make up this difference embrace compensation for the part taken and compensation for injury to the…