PHILLIPS v. HASSETT MINING COMPANY

No. 307.

92 S.E.2d 429 (1956)

244 N.C. 17

Georgia PHILLIPS and Husband, John W. Phillips, v. HASSETT MINING COMPANY, a corporation; and Wilson Mica Corporation, and Southern Mica Company, Inc.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 2, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. P. Randolph, Burnsville, for defendant appellant.

W. K. McLean, Asheville, and R. W. Wilson, Burnsville, for plaintiff appellees.

Fouts & Watson, G. D. Bailey, and W. E. Anglin, Burnsville, for Wilson Mica Corp., appellee.

Fouts & Watson, Burnsville, for Southern Mica Co., Inc., appellee.


BARNHILL, Chief Justice.

Whether we say this is an action for damages resulting from a continuing trespass or for the maintenance of a nuisance or accord it some other name is immaterial. Irrespective of the nomenclature used, it is in essence an action in tort for the wrongful damage to and taking of the land of plaintiffs, without compensation, for private gain.

We have here a novel situation. The plaintiffs have not sued either Wilson or Southern. They...

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