Lloyd v. . Venable

This 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 Carrboro) 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 for the condemnation of land for streets by cities…