CHAPPELL v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. 51PA19.

841 S.E.2d 513 (2020)

Ted P. CHAPPELL and Sarah Chappell, v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed May 1, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yarborough, Winters & Neville, P.A., by Garris Neil Yarborough , Fayetteville, and H. Addison Winters; and Hendrick, Bryant, Nerhood, Sanders & Otis, LLP, Winston-Salem, by Matthew Bryant and T. Paul Hendrick , for plaintiff-appellees.

Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog, Raleigh, by George B. Autry Jr. , Stephanie Hutchins Autry , and Jeremy P. Hopkins , for amicus curiae Owners' Counsel of America.

Shiloh Daum , Winston-Salem, and B. Joan Davis , Raleigh, for amicus curiae North Carolina Advocates for Justice.

Joshua H. Stein , Attorney General by James M. Stanley , Alexandra Hightower , and William A. Smith , Assistant Attorneys General; Teague, Campbell Dennis & Gorham, Raleigh, by Jacob H. Wellman and Matthew W. Skidmore; and Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP by Steven A. Sartorio and William H. Moss , Raleigh, for the defendant-appellant.


Ted and Sarah Chappell first moved to the Raeford Road property in Fayetteville that is at issue in this case in 1962, living there as tenants and raising their family. In 1985, they purchased a house on the property and approximately 2.92 acres of land. Two years later, the North Carolina General Assembly adopted the Roadway Corridor...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases