State v. Taylor

355 S.E.2d 169 (1987)

STATE of North Carolina,

v.

J.T. TAYLOR, Jr., J.H. Simpson and Harrell M. Carpenter.

No. 863SC880.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 5, 1987.

Nelson W. Taylor, III, Morehead City, for defendant-appellant.

Atty. Gen. Lacy H. Thornburg by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen. T. Buie Costen and Asst. Atty. Gen. R. Bryant Wall, Raleigh, for the State.

GREENE, Judge.

This appeal involves a claim for betterments pursuant to N.C.G.S. Sec. 1-340 against the State for improvements made to certain timberland in Craven County, North Carolina.

On 20 January 1971, the Brandenburg Land Co. [hereinafter…