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43 <br />f 40A -3 CH U,A EMINENT LMMAIN f 40A•3 <br />4j1 "Owner" Includes the plural when appropriate and means <br />(61 4any prrwn h.,.1ng an InLerent or estbt.e to the property, <br />)erson" Includes the plural when appropriate and means a <br />natural person, and any legal entity capable of owning or <br />having interest in property. <br />171 "Property" rneans any right, title, or interest in land, includ. <br />Ing !rases and (1ption$ to buy or sell. "Property" also <br />lncludvi• rights of accesti, rights -of- -way, easements, water <br />rights, air rlghtr, and any other privilege or appurtenance <br />In or to the POscssion. use, and enjoyment of land. (1981, <br />C 919. !. 1.1 <br />CASE: NOJ-ES <br />- Meaning of "Eminent flnmsin". <br />Yhc % —rde 'c•IUrirn: cr.nl.I:n mien the <br />I>'1 *rr cf oir &u.ereypi or %,rrc aQrhry <br />ti,i'hurarxd by It 10 takt• pn +41.11 prorKrty <br />f•rr public uric. %'irgth;a EIK j1. Puwer <br />Co v. King. 259NC.219.IJOSE2d,111t <br />, Ivr;31 <br />Eminent !!.~main Not Intended <br />Abeeni Provision ftir Compen�sdon. <br />- Whers a ttattitt• makes r.•. prto%ihinn <br />fur cutnpenastion. I, a to he prerulried <br />that thr Irplflature did not intend that <br />!hc p,�r► n( i•mtnrnt dnriu;, 01ould la• <br />• ■.r.:.�r• ,.- •,mm1•F.�ner. ..f Iii- „uf�,rt <br />14•nnvr. IS:i V t' to. Gr. � F. <br />y7.1 i91U. <br />ImpitErtnent of Property Rlghtr <br />Unconstitutional Lnle.a (umpen■a- <br />tion f'rovid"'d• – A st.lut.,n arhrnd- <br />r —' Lit „ f)rmer- t,ltutr%k h►A4–tn) t rd <br />uiid rrnribly inirmirrJ ,.. yruptrtt <br />nQlw n(rulrrJ arid. r lhr (nr'I i•r •latutr <br />nr which attrmplr■i Iii tr..narer thorn <br />elthor to the puttlrc rw any lh�r• rtcept <br />under the prilletylt-f of crrttn.nt domain <br />ued uWolt ccrT1fV? - -, ;;,n dc!. 1.44. ,,1.a <br />ureny&illul:onAl <br />and Invs;,0 thread v <br />t.ennir 6 Slowing Kirk T - rnpike Cn , <br />IKl N C. 179, IUG S F. 4s7 •17211 <br />I)ivrrriun of warn as a '?■king” <br />lhver,,lOn of the natura! flow and <br />drarnuge of virrltm and surface wile -■ <br />Inl:deril I(1 the Clthttl'y�l,Otl or r <br />h"zilway. r'i:sulting on, the p>,rrind,r <br />flood Ing of the land& of a proprietor, to a <br />'• taking" of property far rhich Just cm. <br />penutlon must be prid. Hr':tavrell r <br />statc liwy rk Pub. Works Cam.-t,-n. 26,3 <br />N C. 508, l0e S.E.2d 912 1.19%, <br />Digging a ditch acrnsa pri...te land <br />to drain a public yard &Mouay 14 a <br />taklne of private property fur a pubt;r <br />Whe Stale v Neer. 130 N.0 731, 41 S E <br />1ircl IIW2r <br />astute gl.'Ing Poi+er to overseen <br />of <br />roads to cut pr,ler un adJaeera lapel <br />�J.• ton in.tancr of Ill• cairtti&e eo the <br />parr oflho. anvercrgr, orthe right to take <br />private prnperty fur the use of the pul,lic <br />uri■rn making cvtnpenastien. Collins r <br />t'rt rr. i 1 ti C 3:1'1 , I SG 11 <br />whe" a landowner has t{raettsxl a <br />right- of•w,Ay over his teed, he atuat <br />14++k to his. enntrtaet for eolsIpwrtas. <br />don, as it cannot In awarded to hiro 1n <br />condemnation procesdingo, provided 1.h, <br />contract is T•ahil. and all its cond,Gont <br />have t><cn Nmplud with by the arar.ure <br />Frldnwn v Transcontinental Gas Pipe <br />Line Corp.. 9 Ir r App- 162, 175 5 E.2d <br />713 1197(11 <br />0 40A -3- By whom right may be exercised. <br />la1 Private Candemnors. — For the public use or benefit. the <br />persons ur organizutions listed below shall have the power of erni- <br />nent domain.and may dcquire by purchase or condemnation prop- <br />erty for the stated Pun, u-eF and other works which are authorized <br />by law <br />11 Corporations, bodies politic or persons have the power of <br />eminent dommin for the construction of railroads, power <br />generating facilities, substations, switching gtaturns, <br />microwave Ww -ere. roads. alleys, access railroads, <br />