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STYERS v. CITY OF GASTONIA

No. 170.

114 S.E.2d 348 (1960)

252 N.C. 572

J. B. STYERS and Roland E. Bradley v. CITY OF GASTONIA.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 18, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hollowell & Stott and Hugh W. Johnston, Gastonia, for plaintiff appellants.

J. Mack Holland, Jr., and James B. Garland, Gastonia, for defendant appellee.

RODMAN, Justice.

Plaintiffs' evidence is sufficient for a jury to find: Plaintiffs caused to be constructed between 1948 and 1955 the water lines for which they now seek compensation. When constructed, the lines were beyond the corporate limits of Gastonia. The lines were built at the suggestion of Mr. Abernathy, director of utilities of Gastonia, as an investment by which plaintiffs would profit by selling to adjacent property owners the right to tap the lines and...

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