Commissioners of Davie County v. Cook
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from an order made at Winston on May 17, 1881, in a case pending in Davie county, by Seymour, J. The defendant appealed, from an order appointing commissioners to assess damages for the condemnation of land, for the purposes set out in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
To carry out the directions of the act for the construction of a fence around the boundaries of Davie county, (which we have examined at the present term in the appeal in the case of Cain against the present plaintiffs) and in pursuance of notice served on the defendant, the plaintiffs applied to the judge holding the spring terms of the superior courts of the seventh district, at Winston, on May 17th, 1881, for an order appointing commissioners to view the lands of the defendant and assess his damages for the condemnation thereof for a fence-way along the county line. Acts 1881, ch. 172, §§…
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