Lindsay v. Commissioners, 2 S.C.L. 38 (1796), was an early American case in South Carolina that found that a government taking to build a public road did not require compensation to the deprived property owners. The case as since been overturned by the interpretation of the "just compensation" requirement of the Fifth Amendment.Casner, A.J. et al. Cases and Text on Property, Fifth Edition. Aspen Publishers, New York, NY: 2004, p. 1179
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