NORTH CAROLINA STATE H. & PW COM'N v. Pardington

88 S.E.2d 102 (1955)

242 N.C. 482

NORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION, Petitioner,

v.

Doris C. PARDINGTON, Widow; County of Forsyth, and City of Winston-Salem, Respondents.

No. 752.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 30, 1955.

R. Brookes Peters, L. J. Beltman, Raleigh, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, for petitioner-appellant.

Deal, Hutchins & Minor, Winston-Salem, for respondents-appellees.

WINBORNE, Justice.

Decision on this appeal turns upon the answer to the question as to whether in a proceeding instituted under provisions of G.S. § 136-19, the petitioner,…