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COLONIAL PIPELINE CO. v. NEILL

No. 128.

251 S.E.2d 457 (1979)

296 N.C. 503

COLONIAL PIPELINE COMPANY v. Jeanette M. NEILL.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adams, Kleemeier, Hagan, Hannah & Fouts by Joseph W. Moss and Daniel W. Fouts, Greensboro and Horack, Talley, Pharr & Lowndes by Benjamin S. Horack and Robert C. Stephens, Charlotte for petitioner-appellee.

Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard by James T. Williams, Jr., and Reid L. Phillips, Greensboro, for respondent-appellant.

BRANCH, Justice.

The single question presented by this appeal is whether G.S. 62-190 confers the right of eminent domain on interstate pipeline companies such as Colonial.

It is well settled that the power of eminent domain is inherent in sovereignty. Morganton v. Hutton & Bourbonnais Co., 251 N.C. 531, 112 S.E.2d 111 (1960). The Legislature...

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