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STATE v. TAYLOR

No. 317A87.

368 S.E.2d 601 (1988)

STATE of North Carolina v. J.T. TAYLOR, Jr., J.H. Simpson and Harrell M. Carpenter.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 2, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by T. Buie Costen, Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for appellant the State.

Nelson W. Taylor, III, Morehead City, for defendant-appellee J.T. Taylor, Jr.

MEYER, Justice.

In this case, we address the issue of the State's sovereign immunity defense to a betterments claim for improvements made to certain timberland in Craven County, North Carolina. Contrary to the Court of Appeals' conclusion, we hold that under the facts of this case, the State is shielded by its sovereign immunity from Taylor's claim for betterments. We therefore reverse the Court of Appeals on this issue...

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