Lanier v. Town of Greenville
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Harding, J., at tbe May Term, 1917, of Pitt. This is an action brought by the plaintiffs against the defendant for the recovery of damages alleged to have been sustained by them on account of the taking by the town of Greenville, for the purpose of widening Pitt Street, of a strip of land belonging, to them, which the jury found to be 85 feet by 8 8-10 feet wide at one end and 10 6-10 feet wide on the other end.
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Appeal by defendant from Harding, J., at tbe May Term, 1917, of Pitt. This is an action brought by the plaintiffs against the defendant for the recovery of damages alleged to have been sustained by them on account of the taking by the town of Greenville, for the purpose of widening Pitt Street, of a strip of land belonging, to them, which the jury found to be 85 feet by 8 8-10 feet wide at one end and 10 6-10 feet wide on the other end. Prior to tbe widening of Pitt Street, said street was a narrow alley, undrained, very little traveled, except in case of absolute necessity, and, as one…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, J., dissenting; WALKER, J., concurring in the dissenting opinion. This is an action brought by the plaintiffs against the defendant for the recovery of damages alleged to have been sustained by them on account of the taking by the town of Greenville, for the purpose of widening Pitt Street, of a strip of land belonging to them, which the jury found to be 85 feet by 8 8-10 feet wide at one end and 10 6-10 feet wide on the other end.
Prior to the widening of Pitt Street, said street was a narrow alley, undrained, very little traveled, except in case (312) of absolute necessity, and, as…
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