7 North Carolina opinions name it 2 courts 1907–2022 4 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by North Carolina courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
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| No positive-treatment citations attached to this issue in North Carolina. | ||
| Case | Negative | Cited |
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| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in North Carolina. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
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Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management Dist.
green
2 sentences2022HARNETT 2022-NCSC-93 Earls, J., dissenting. limitations of Nollan and Dolan by recharacterizing the demand for an easement as a requirement for “payment equal to the easement’s value.” Id. 2022HARNETT 2022-NCSC-93 Earls, J., dissenting. limitations of Nollan and Dolan by recharacterizing the demand for an easement as a requirement for “payment equal to the easement’s value.” Id. | 4 | 2022–2022 |
Overton v. . Sawyer
neutral
2 sentences1941In Overton v. Sawyer, 46 N. C., 308 , it was held that without reference to the plaintiff’s acquisition of an easement by presumption, the defendant had a right to have the water allowed to pass off his land through a natural drain, and when the plaintiff, by means of an embankment across the drain, obstructed the flow of the water and thus interfered with the rights of the' defendant, the latter had a cause of action against him for the resulting injury to his property. 1907In Overton v. Sawyer, 46 N. C., 308 , it was held that without reference to the plaintiff’s acquisition of an easement by presumption, the defendant had a right to have the water allowed to pass off his land through a natural drain, and when the plaintiff, by means of an embankment across the drain, obstructed the flow of the water and thus interfered with the rights of the defendant, the latter had a cause of action against him for the resulting injury to his property. | 2 | 1907–1941 |
Pugh v. . Wheeler
green
2 sentences1941So in Pugh v. Wheeler, 19 N. C., 50 , the Court decided that ponding water back upon another’s land by any act which impedes its natural flow is a clear and direct invasion of the proprietary interest in the land itself and is an actionable wrong, unless protected by a grant of the right so to do or by an easement in some other way acquired. 1907So in Pugh v. Wheeler, 19 N. C., 50 , the Court decided that ponding water back upon another’s laud by any act which impedes its natural flow is a clear and direct invasion of the proprietary interest *76 in the land itself and is an actionable wrong, unless protected by a grant of the right so to do or by an easement in some other way acquired. | 2 | 1907–1941 |
Johnson v. Stanley
green
1 sentence1994Johnson, 96 N.C. | 1 | 1994–1994 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.