Nantahala Power & Light Co. v. Sloan

The sole question presented on this appeal, is whether or not the court below committed error in permitting the petitioner, over the objection of the respondent, to introduce the consent judgment which established the original easement on the premises of the respondent, which easement is now held by the petitioner, and also fixed the damages which this respondent and the children and heirs at law of J. S. Sloan were entitled to recover as compensation therefor.

The appellee insists that the consent judgment was offered only for the purpose of establishing the prior easement and not as evidence…