§ 104-21. Use declared paramount public purpose. - North Carolina Statutes

§104‑21.  Use declared paramount public purpose.

In such condemnationproceedings the uses for which such land or property is condemned are herebydeclared to be for a purpose  paramount to all other public uses, and the factthat any portion of it has heretofore been condemned by a railroad company,street railway company, telephone or telegraph company, or other public servicecorporation, or by any political subdivision of the State of North Carolina,for public uses, or has been conveyed by any person or corporation for any suchpublic uses, or vested in the State Board of Education, shall in no way affectthe right of the State of North Carolina, or the United States government, toproceed and condemn such land and property as hereinbefore provided. (1927,c. 44, s. 3.)