Ivester v. City of Winston-Salem

We think there was error in granting the nonsuit, as the evidence was sufficient to be submitted to the jury.

In Shute v. Monroe, 187 N. C., 676 (683), is tbe following: “Tbe Anglo-Saxon bolds no material thing dearer tban tbe ownership of land, bis home is termed bis ‘castle.’ Although there is nothing in tbe Constitution of North Carolina that expressly prohibits the taking of private property for public use without compensation (the clause of the United States Constitution to that effect applies only to act by the United States and not to government of the State), yet the principle is so…