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GRIMES v. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER COMPANY

No. 27.

96 S.E.2d 713 (1957)

245 N.C. 583

Junius D. GRIMES v. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER COMPANY and the City of Washington, N. C., a corporation.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 27, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodman & Rodman, Bryan Grimes, Junius D. Grimes, Jr., Washington, N. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

James B. McMullan and L. E. Mercer, Washington, N. C., for defendant City of Washington, appellee.

Spruill & Spruill, Rocky Mount, for defendant Virginia Electric & Power Co., appellee.

HIGGINS, Justice.

The question presented is whether the plaintiff's grant to Virginia Electric & Power Company authorized it in turn to grant to the City of Washington the right to attach electric lines and appurtenances, including a crossarm, to the power company's poles. The plaintiff contends he is entitled to collect compensation for the increased servitude thus placed on his land. On the other hand, the defendant contends the plaintiff's grant was to the...

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