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DUKE POWER COMPANY v. SYKES

No. 740.

136 S.E.2d 707 (1964)

262 N.C. 305

DUKE POWER COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Gera P. SYKES and wife, Ruby E. Sykes, Respondents.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 12, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William I. Ward, Jr., Carl Horn, Jr., Charlotte, Sawyer & Loftin and Graham & Levings, Hillsboro, for petitioner-appellant.

Bryant, Lipton, Bryant & Battle, Durham, for respondent-appellees.

PER CURIAM.

All of the assignments of error are directed to this question: What is the rule which a jury should use when determining the compensation a public service corporation must pay when it takes an easement in the property of another? The rule was concisely stated in Proctor v. State Highway & Public Works Commission, 230 N.C. 687, 55 S.E.2d 479. The rule there stated has been reiterated in many subsequent cases. 2 NC Index 203, n. 64. Tersely stated, the...

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