Cochran v. City of Charlotte

WHICHARD, Judge.

Summary Of Law On Inverse Condemnation Of Avigation Or Flight Easements

For over half a century North Carolina statutes have authorized cities and towns to establish airports 2 and to acquire property for that purpose by exercise of the power of eminent domain. 3 Defendant did not seek, by direct exercise of this power, to condemn flight easements over plaintiffs’ properties. Plaintiffs allege, however, that defendant has in fact condemned such easements. Plaintiffs by this allegation claim an

“inverse condemnation,” a term often used to designate “a cause of action against a…