DENR Wants to Seize Waterfront Property From Heirs
Land was used as retreat for African-Americans during era of segregation
RALEIGH (By Don Carrington, Carolina Journal Online) — John H. Hurst and his sister Harriet Hurst Turner are battling to keep the state of North Carolina from taking from their family without compensation a 289-acre Onslow County waterfront property that once served as a beach for African-Americans in the days before racial segregation was outlawed.
The Hursts contend that a 1950 deed involving their grandparents’ inheritance provides for the property to go to them as the legal heirs since the state twice has spurned the land. The family has spent the past four years in the state court system trying to obtain clear title to the property.
“The state is trying to steal my clients’ land,” their attorney Charles Francis told 'Carolina Journal' after a Jan. 3 hearing in Wake County Superior Court on the matter.
RALEIGH (By Don Carrington, Carolina Journal Online) — John H. Hurst and his sister Harriet Hurst Turner are battling to keep the state of North Carolina from taking from their family without compensation a 289-acre Onslow County waterfront property that once served as a beach for African-Americans in the days before racial segregation was outlawed.
The Hursts contend that a 1950 deed involving their grandparents’ inheritance provides for the property to go to them as the legal heirs since the state twice has spurned the land. The family has spent the past four years in the state court system trying to obtain clear title to the property.
“The state is trying to steal my clients’ land,” their attorney Charles Francis told 'Carolina Journal' after a Jan. 3 hearing in Wake County Superior Court on the matter.
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