Durham v. Rigsbee.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by City of Durham against R. II. Rigsbee and others, heard by Judge G. 8. Ferguson and a jury, at the January Term, 1906, of the Superior Court of DubhaM. This was a proceeding under sections 1943 et seq. of The Code, now sections 2580-2588 of the Revisal, for the purpose of condemning land to widen a street. The defendants demurred to the petition. The demurrer was sustained by the clerk and an amended petition filed.
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ActioN by City of Durham against R. II. Rigsbee and others, heard by Judge G. 8. Ferguson and a jury, at the January Term, 1906, of the Superior Court of DubhaM. This was a proceeding under sections 1943 et seq. of The Code, now sections 2580-2588 of the Revisal, for the purpose of condemning land to widen a street. The defendants demurred to the petition. The demurrer was sustained by the clerk and an amended petition filed. The defendants demurred to the petition as amended. The demurrer was overruled and the clerk required the defendants ' to answer. Upon the filing of the answer," the…
1Opinion of the Court
Brown, J.,
after stating tbe facts: 1. We agree with the clerk and His Honor that the demurrer to the amended petition should be overruled, andr further, that the answer sets up no valid defense to a condemnation of the land by the petitioner for the purpose of widening Church street. It seems to be conceded, although not so stated in the record, that the method of procedure for condemning land prescribed for railroad companies by the Revisal is the method authorized by the petitioner’s charter for condemning land for municipal purposes. That being so, a necessary allegation of the petition is…
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