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PERLEY v. NORTH CAROLINA

No. 251.

249 U.S. 510 (1919)

39 S.Ct. 357

63 L.Ed. 735

PERLEY ET AL. v. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 21, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Julius C. Martin, Mr. Thos. S. Rollins and Mr. Geo. H. Wright for plaintiffs in error:

Mr. James S. Manning, Attorney General of the State of North Carolina, and Mr. Robert H. Sykes, Assistant Attorney General of the State of North Carolina, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

A statute of North Carolina provides that any person who owns land or standing timber on land within 400 feet of any watershed held or owned by any city or town for the purpose of furnishing the city or town water supply, upon cutting or removing the timber or permitting either, within 400 feet of the watershed, shall, within three months after cutting, or earlier upon written notice by the city or town, remove...

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