Sawyer v. Camden Run Drainage District
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actioN, tried before Lyon, J., and a jury, at July Term, 1919, of CAMDEN. The action is to recover damages for injury to plaintiffs, caused by cutting a drainage canal through the same, at the instance and for the benefit of the defendant drainage district, the said lands lying outside and below the boundaries of the district.
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Civil actioN, tried before Lyon, J., and a jury, at July Term, 1919, of CAMDEN. The action is to recover damages for injury to plaintiffs, caused by cutting a drainage canal through the same, at the instance and for the benefit of the defendant drainage district, the said lands lying outside and below the boundaries of the district. There was denial of liability, and, on issues submitted, the jury rendered the following verdict: “1. Did the defendant wrongfully enter upon lands of plaintiff, and cause to be constructed right of way and canal, and cut timber, as alleged in complaint? Answer:…
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
The facts in evidence tended to show that, in January, 1911, certain landowners instituted proceedings to establish defendant drainage district under ch. 442, Laws 1909, and amendments thereto, and filed their petition setting forth the desired boundaries, which included petitioners’ lands and a large number of others who were named as parties defendant; that among the latter were the heirs of O. W. Grandy, whose individual names are given, and who then owned a large body of land within the designated territory, containing 450 or 500 acres. That these heirs, being residents of Norfolk, Va.,…
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