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  • Bartlett v. Hopkins

    235 N.C. 165 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Feb 27, 1952

    Cherry v. Andrews, 229 N.C. 333 , 49 S.E. 2d 641 ; Chesson v. Container Co., 223 N.C. 378 , 26 S.E. 2d 904 ; Brown v. Broadhurst, 197 S.E. 738 , 150 S.E. 355 ; Brown v. … G.S. 1-195; Brown v. Clement Co., supra; Booker v. Highlands, supra; Wilson v. Featherstone, 120 N.C. 446 , 27 S.E. 124 . 3.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • State v. . Hill

    126 N.C. 1140 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 14, 1900

    Even then he had no assurance of obtaining it, no matter how low he bid, as the board of health retained the right to refuse any and all bids, and to "decide who are competent (1144) bidders." … Attorney-General and Brown Shepherd for State; Osborne, Maxwell Keerans for defendant. GARREN v. SCOTT, from Henderson. Affirmed . W. A. Smith and A. E. Posey for plaintiff; no counsel for defendant. BAXTER v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Den on the Several Demises of Robinson v. Barfield

    6 N.C. 391 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jul 5, 1818

    the said Sarah Brown, and so as to bar them and (419) every of them forever." … University v. Foy , 3 N.C. 310 , 374 ; Allen v. Peden , 4 N.C. 442 . Divers cases have been decided the same way in the Supreme Court of the United States, which, we think, ought to put the question at rest. *Page 291

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • State Ex Rel. Thornburg v. House and Lot

    334 N.C. 290 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jul 30, 1993

    Rogister, Jr. and Allison Brown Schafer, Raleigh, for the North Carolina School Boards Ass'n, amicus curiae. Randle L. Jones, High Point, for The North Carolina Ass'n of Police Attys.; Charles P. … In Mussallam v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Baber v. . Hanie

    163 N.C. 588 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Nov 26, 1913

    Voorhees v. Porter , 134 N.C. 591 ; Knight v. Houghtalling , 85 N.C. 17 ; Council v. Bailey , 154 N.C. 54 ; Silk Co. v. … In our case, Miss Brown could hold Mrs.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • N.C. Dep't of Revenue v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.

    Supreme Court of North Carolina · Aug 22, 2025

    (emphasis added)). 5 The General Assembly abolished the Tax Review Board in 2007. See N.C. Dep’t of Revenue v. Bill Davis Racing, 201 N.C. … Opinion of the Court in original) (quoting FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 529 U.S. 120, 159 (2000)).

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Gwaltney v. Scottish Carolina Timber & Land Co.

    111 N.C. 547 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Sep 15, 1892

    Brown v. Chadbourne, supra; Field v. Log Co., 67 Wis., 569 ; Buchanan v. Grand River Co., 48 Mich., 364 ; Muse v. Smith, 3 Oregon, 621; Grand Rapids v. Jarvis, supra; Treat v. Lord, supra. … Town of Pierreport v. Loveless, 72 N. Y., 212 ; Walker v. Board of Public Works, 16 Ohio, 540.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • State v. Sinclair

    301 N.C. 193 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 7, 1980

    Santobello v. New York, 404 U.S. 257, 261 (1971). Accord, Gilbert v. United States, 466 F. 2d 533 (5th Cir. 1972); United States v. Delsanter, 433 F. 2d 972 (2nd Cir. 1970); Manley v. … In State v.

    Cited 41 timesPublished
  • J. P. Leach & Co. v. Curtin

    123 N.C. 85 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 18, 1898

    Browning, a debt of $800, and the fourth to secure a debt due to the defendants, Browning & Son, in the sum of $338.29. … Killebrew v. Hines, 104 N. C., 182 .

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Hudson v. McArthur

    152 N.C. 445 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 4, 1910

    The board of commissioners possesses gu¿cm-judicial, legislative and administrative powers. … Teall v. Felton, 1 N. Y., 537 ; same case, 12 How. U. S., 284; Lincoln v. Hapgood, 11 Mass.; Hayes v. Porter, 22 Maine, 371; Jeffreys v. Ankeny, 11 Ohio, 372; Brown v. Lester, 21 Miss., 392 .

    Cited 19 timesPublished
  • State v. Speller

    230 N.C. 345 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 4, 1949

    counsel for the prisoner were compelled to resort at random to the special veniremen and to bystanders in the courtroom at Windsor, eighty-two miles from the county seat of Warren County, to sustain the proposition that the Board … The declaration of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in Brown v. Hummel, 6 Pa. State 86, 47 Am. Dec. 431 , is apposite.

    Cited 40 timesPublished
  • Hunsucker v. . Winborne

    223 N.C. 650 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 1, 1943

    And there is no allegation that the Board has acted capriciously or in bad faith. Pue v. Hood, Comr. of Banks, 222 N. C., 310 , 22 S. E. (2d), 896 ; Warren v. Maxwell, ante, 604. … See Schank v. Asheville, 154 N. C., 40 , 69 S. E., 681 ; Asheboro v. Miller, 220 N. C., 298, 17 S. E. (2d), 105 ; Warren v. Maxwell, supra.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • State v. White

    271 N.C. 391 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Sep 20, 1967

    Brown’s house for his pay for hauling Booker T. Brown and Wig Clark to work. Booker T. Brown was not at home. In leaving for the gunsmith’s, he turned down Sycamore Street and saw Booker T. … Hanrahan v. Walgreen Co., 243 N.C. 268 , 90 S.E. 2d 392 .

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Efird v. . Comrs. of Forsyth

    219 N.C. 96 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 31, 1941

    Provision Co. v. Daves , 190 N.C. 7 . It was held in Meador v. … Jones v. North Wilkesboro , 150 N.C. 646 ; Hayes v. Benton , 193 N.C. 379 , and cases there cited.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Hatley v. Johnston

    265 N.C. 73 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jul 23, 1965

    Betts v. Brown, 219 Ga. 782 , 136 S.E. 2d 365 (1964).” … Light Co. v. Moss, 220 N.C. 200 , 17 S.E. 2d 10 . In Insurance Co. v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • State v. Roux

    263 N.C. 149 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 16, 1964

    Pue v. Hood, Comr. of Banks, 222 N.C. 310 , 22 S.E. 2d 896 ; Realty Co. v. Planning Board, 243 N.C. 648 , 92 S.E. 2d 82 . … Draper v. Washington (1963), 372 U.S. 487 , 9 L. Ed. 2d 899 ; Lane v. Brown (1963), 372 U.S. 477 , 9 L. Ed. 2d 892 ; Eskridge v. Washington State Board of Prison Terms and Paroles, supra; Annot., 6 L. Ed. 2d 1295 .

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • State Ex Rel . Bd., Com. of Bladen Co. v. . Clarke

    73 N.C. 255 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 5, 1875

    United States v. Dashiell, 4 How. 182 ; United States v. Prescott, 3 How. 587 ; United States v. Keeler, 1 Wall. 83 . … Thompson v. Board of Trustees, &c., 30 Ill. 99 ; Hancock v. Bazzard, 12 Cush. (Mass.) 112. The case of a public officer differs in principle from that of a guardian who is held liable only for honesty and diligence.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Mauney v. . Commissioners

    71 N.C. 486 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 5, 1874

    Cited: Trull v. Comrs. , 72 N.C. 391 ; Comrs. v. Comrs. , 79 N.C. 569 ; Cromartie v. Comrs. , 87 N.C. 139 ; Barksdale v. Comrs. , 93 N.C. 476 ; Bd. of Ed. v. Comrs. , 107 N.C. 112 ; Herring v. … Dixon , 122 N.C. 423 ; Betts v. Raleigh , 142 N.C. 230 ; R. R. v. Comrs. , 148 N.C. 234 ; R. R. v. Cherokee Co. , 177 N.C. 90 ; R. R. v. Comrs. , 178 N.C. 452 ; Person v. Watts , 184 N.C. 538 . *Page 388

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • State v. Hatcher

    277 N.C. 380 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 16, 1970

    In Simmons v. … The victim Brown had talked to defendant for more than an hour on the night of the crime and had ample opportunity to observe him. Brown had heard the waitress refer to defendant as “Bobby Hatcher.”

    Overruled on other grounds by State v. Hurst, 320 N.C. 589 (1987)Cited 51 timesPublished
  • State v. Little

    270 N.C. 234 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 3, 1967

    S. v. Hamilton, 264 N.C. 277 , 141 S.E. 2d 506 ; S. v. Coffey, 255 N.C. 293 , 121 S.E. 2d 736 ; S. v. McPeak, 243 N.C. *239 243, 90 S.E. 2d 501 , cert. den. 351 U.S. 919 , 100 L. Ed. 1451 ; S. v. … Moore, 240 N.C. 749 , 83 S.E. 2d 912 ; Zap v. United States, 328 U.S. 624 , 90 L. Ed. 1477 ; United States v. Mitchell, 322 U.S. 65 , 88 L. Ed. 1140 ; United States v. Page, 302 F. 2d 81 ; Nelson v.

    Cited 37 timesPublished

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