Ward v. Town of Waynesville

The defendant, the town of Waynesville, is a municipal corporation, organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of this State. Plaintiff was in 1926, and is now, the owner of a parcel of land situate within the corporate limits of the defendant, and bounded by East Main and Hazel streets. In 1926 the defendant, pursuant to resolutions of its board of aldermen, took and appropriated a part of plaintiff’s land for the purpose of widening, constructing and improving said streets. Plaintiff’s land contained about two and one-third acres, and was valuable chiefly for division into lots…