Lloyd v. Town of Venable
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Rountree, J., at September Term, 1914, of ORANGE.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
Tbis action was brought by plaintiff to recover damages of the defendant for having taken and appropriated a part of his land in the town for the purpose of opening a street. The town of Venable (now Oarrboro) was incorporated by Private Laws of 1911, ch. 315. There is no provision in its charter for condemning land for streets, though there is a provision that the taxes shall be used in defraying the expenses of the town, “and in repairing streets and sidewalks and keeping them in good order.” Nor is there any provision in the general law *533for the condemnation of land for streets by cities…
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