Collins v. North Carolina State Highway & Public Works Commission

The rules respecting notice in civil actions and special proceedings in general and in condemnation proceedings in particular are stated in the numbered paragraphs which immediately follow.

1. Notice to a party whose rights are to be affected by judicial proceedings in a North Carolina court is- an essential element of the law of the land under Article I, Section 17, of the State Constitution, and due process of law under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution. Eason v. Spence, 232 N.C. 579, 61 S.E. 2d 717; Surety Corp. v. Sharpe, 232 N.C. 98, 59 S.E. 2d 593. The notice required…