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(o) <br />§ 40A.3 CH 40A LM1NENT DOMAIN li 40A.3 <br />17) "Owner" includes the plural when appropriate and laleal.na <br />any Person having an Interetit or estate to the property. <br />(61 "Person" 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 />(71 Troperty" rneans any right, title, or interest in land, includ- <br />ing lutes tend options to buy or sell. "Property' alsu <br />rrlcludets rights of accPsA. rights -uf -way, easements, water <br />right✓:, air rights, and any other privilege or appurterianee <br />In or to the possession, use. and enjoyment of land. (1981. <br />C. 919, s 1.1 <br />CASE N0118 <br />Meaning of "Eminent Pornain ". <br />The ward, 'cminen; dnnl;i:n" mean ihv <br />INiwt -r of the au•rreigrt Or %lrnc agency <br />tnnhurtzed by it to take pri%atc property <br />(,or public usC. Virinrua !Asti & Power <br />Co v. King, 259N C-215). 1;lQ S E 2d 311t <br />,Ivti3� <br />Eminent Domain Not intended <br />Absent Provision for Ceorn"naatiun. <br />- µ'hero ■ ctatutr rrwkr., r.-% pru,00.,en <br />fur cumprnaatiun. it is to he presumed <br />that the It islature did not intend that <br />the pnwrr of rm)nent dnm.rin should t-v <br />, xern—o C-immi +s,nnrr• „( livi111flrt <br />t'uunt% • N-nnur. Ico is t' fa,. lix 11; <br />9711 i 1910 <br />Impairment of Proorrty Rights <br />Unconatit6monai Unlews Comprnsey- <br />tion Provided. — A staim-,n amrnd- <br />ment Lien firmi:r-L,1utr %hiehd44 trliN -d <br />and uensebiy irnlmirra .•r "d prupvrt• <br />rlglttr acquerrd under the (nnt:rr natute <br />or which atitmptwi to tr.mafer them <br />either to the public of my uthor, except <br />under the princlylt -F of eminent domain <br />and ulxon cernl,en•.tt:;on du!• r, ade. wail <br />uncrinstitutlonal oral mvaiid Waitti v <br />Lenoir & Hlowing Bork Turnpike Cit . <br />IN1 1 C. 129. IuG 5E. 497 -19210 <br />Diversion of water so a "Taking" <br />— Uiverr10n of the natural flow and <br />drainage: of streams and surfs t, waters <br />mudrnt In the a,uoaevction of it <br />highway, resulting in the 1wrrndic <br />flooding of the lands of a proprietor, is a <br />.o taking" of property few which just erm- <br />penrtation must be paid. Sruwell v <br />State Hwy. & Pub. Works Comm'n. 260 <br />N.C. SOB, ltul S.E.2d 912 1191591. <br />Digging a ditch acresa prlvotc lirnd' <br />to drain a public road amounu to a <br />taking of private property for a public <br />u. State v Neer- 130 N.0 731, 41 S E <br />IUY3 r19(12� <br />Statute giving rower to overseen <br />of roads lit rut p.olca on adJacent larch <br />.s.% an on-tnnce of Ihr caurcise cc the <br />Part of the anvercign of the nght to take <br />prnvste property for the usr of the puldic <br />utam making cuntpensation. Collins t <br />Crevr.% 5 3 N C 3:13 11SG1r <br />Where a landowner has granted a <br />right -of -wady over his land. he must <br />look to his contract for comprnamt. <br />tion. as it cannot be: awarded to him to <br />cunderttnatoon proceedinKs. provided the <br />contract is valid. and till its cnnd bens <br />have liven complied with by the granter <br />Feldman v Transcontinental Gas Pipe <br />Line Corp.. 9 N r App. 162. 175 S E.2d <br />713 1197(11 <br />§ 40A -3. By whom tight may be exercised. <br />(a) Private Condemnors. — For the public use or benefit, the <br />persons ur orgunirutiows listed below shall have the power of emi- <br />nent domain. and may dcquire by purchase or condemnation prop. <br />erty for the stated purputies and other works which are authorized <br />by law <br />t I ) Corporations, bodies politic or persons have the power of <br />eminent domain for the construction of railroads, power <br />generating facilities, substations, switching statultu6 <br />mtcroweve towers, roads, alleys, access railroads, <br />