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NORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY COM'N v. PEARCE

No. 533.

136 S.E.2d 71 (1964)

261 N.C. 760

NORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. John C. PEARCE and wife, Annie Pearce.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 6, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Wade Bruton, Atty. Gen., Harrison Lewis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Claude W. Harris, Trial Atty., for plaintiff appellee.

Miller & Beck, by Adam W. Beck, Asheboro, for defendant appellants.

HIGGINS, Justice.

All matters in dispute were settled by a consent judgment except the amount of just compensation which the plaintiff is due the defendants for the taking of a perpetual easement for highway purposes over their lands. With its declaration of taking, the plaintiff had deposited the sum of $5,950.00 as its estimate of the amount due. The defendants, in their answer, demanded $20,000.00. The jury fixed the recovery at $8,500.00.

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