Legal Opinion

Sanders v. . Smithfield

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided April 8, 1942PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This action was brought by A. F. Sanders, administrator of the estate of Lula J. Sanders, in that capacity and in his individual right, and by the heirs at law, to recover damages for injury to property consequent upon the closing of a grade crossing at the intersection of a street in the town of Smithfield with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, during the life of the decedent. Before the elimination of the grade crossing, the street was continuous, that portion east of the railroad being known as Massey Street and that on the west side known as Johnson Street. The Sanders lot abuts on Massey…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. Illinois ex rel. Drainage CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  2. Glenn v. . Board of EducationSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1936
  3. Henderson v. City of LexingtonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1908
  4. Brakken v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
  5. Buhl v. Fort Street Union Depot Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1894

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Hedrick v. GrahamSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1957
  2. Pharr v. GaribaldiSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1960
  3. Moses v. State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1964
  4. Wofford v. North Carolina State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
  5. High Rock Lake Partners, LLC v. North Carolina Department of TransportationSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2012

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