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TOWN OF HERTFORD v. HARRIS

No. 39.

140 S.E.2d 420 (1965)

263 N.C. 776

TOWN OF HERTFORD v. Jesse L. HARRIS and wife, Elizabeth Clark Harris.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 24, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lake, Boyce & Lake, Raleigh, for respondent appellants.

Charles E. Johnson, Hertford, and John H. Hall, Elizabeth City, for petitioner appellee.

RODMAN, Justice.

The Legislature has authorized municipalities to acquire property for the purposes enumerated in the petition, G.S. § 160-204. If unable to agree with the owner on the amount to be paid, the municipality may condemn, G.S. § 160-205.

Here, the court has found as a fact that Hertford sought in good faith to acquire title by private negotiation. Defendants have not, by exceptions, challenged...

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