The Wilson Times (Wilson, N.C.) likens eminent domain by a private corporation to trying to buy heirloom tomatoes at a grocer by tossing some coins on the floor.
The Wilson Times sets out these 3 reasons opposing eminenbt domain by private companies:
- When land men tell land owners that courts will rule in the corporation’s favor, that is an unauthorized practice of law by offering a legal opinion;
- Companies reap profits forver from eminent domain while landowners have a lifetime of inconvenience; and
- States have the authority to limit eminent domain to governmental entities and for public uses only.
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