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JACKSON v. GUILFORD COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

No. 6.

166 S.E.2d 78 (1969)

275 N.C. 155

H. T. JACKSON, Roy Bumpass, G. C. Smith, and Sanford Smith, Appellants, v. GUILFORD COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Under the Zoning Ordinance of Guilford County, Dr. Robert M. Fox, Chairman; S. R. Stafford, Paul Phipps, Orvie Hayworth, Howard S. Waynick, regular Members; William H. Lanier, R. Mack Peoples, alternate Members; and Lester O. Jones, Appellees.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 12, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cannon, Wolfe, Coggin & Taylor, Greensboro, for plaintiff appellants.

J. Howard Coble and David I. Smith, Greensboro, for defendant appellees.

LAKE, Justice.

The mere fact that one's proposed lawful use of his own land will diminish the value of adjoining or nearby lands of another does not give to such other person a standing to maintain an action, or other legal proceeding, to prevent such use. Harrington & Co. v. Renner, 236 N.C. 321, 72 S.E.2d 838; 1 Am.Jur.2d, Adjoining Landowners, § 2. If, however, the proposed use is unlawful...

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