HOYLE v. CITY OF CHARLOTTE

No. 18.

172 S.E.2d 1 (1970)

276 N.C. 292

G. D. HOYLE v. CITY OF CHARLOTTE, a Municipal Corporation.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 1, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carswell & Justice, by James F. Justice and C. J. Leonard, Jr., Charlotte, for plaintiff appellee.

Ervin, Horack & McCartha, by Paul R. Ervin and William E. Underwood, Jr., Charlotte, for defendant appellant.


BOBBITT, Chief Justice.

"In keeping with the expansion and development of air navigation and commerce, but recognizing the dominant right of the surface owner to fully use and enjoy his land, the courts, generally, in adjudicating the relative property rights in the airspace, have found it necessary to modify the ancient maxim of real property, `he who owns the soil owns it to the heavens.' The general rule now deducible from the authorities is that the justiciable...

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