Legal Opinion
Town of Highlands v. Hendricks
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided June 1, 2004No. COA03-55PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
STEELMAN, Judge.
Defendants appeal from the order of the trial court determining that plaintiff’s condemnation of defendants’ real property was for a public purpose. We affirm.
In 2001 and 2002, plaintiff filed complaints, declarations of taking and notices of deposits against all defendants in separate filings. Defendants’ property was to be taken for the public use of widening and improving SR 1604, or Bowery Road, an unpaved street.
Bowery Road (SR 1604) is an unpaved road located within the municipal limits of the Town of Highlands in Macon County. It is a narrow, winding road, with blind…
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