Higgins v. Hough

There is no allegation and no finding of fact to the effect that the property in controversy was a part of a general plan or scheme. The trial judge found as a fact that by reason of the growth and expansion of the city the essential nature and character of the property *654has been changed. The record discloses ample evidence to support the findings of the trial judge. These findings of fact bring the case squarely within the principle announced by this Court in Starkey v. Gardner, 194 N. C., 74, 138 S. E., 408. In that ease it was said: “The weight of authority is to the effect that if…