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  • Langley v. Staley Hosiery Mills Co.

    194 N.C. 644 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 7, 1927

    The jury was instructed, in accordance with the rule approved in Brown v. Chemical Co., 162 N. … Morrow v. Mills, 181 N. C., 423 ; Brown v. Chemical Co., supra. But we do not find in the record before us any sufficient evidence of the defendant’s consent to this effect.

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Fidelity Bank v. Wysong & Miles Co.

    177 N.C. 284 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Apr 2, 1919

    So that, upon a fair and proper construction of the verdict, which should be read in the light of the evidence and what presumably was the charge (Southerland v. Brown, 176 N. C., 187 ; Jones v. R. R., 176 N. … Bunn v. Todd, supra, has frequently been approved since it was decided, tbe two most recent cases which expressly endorse its statement of tbe rule and apply it being Brown v. Adams, 174 N. C., 490 , and Pope v.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Associated Mechanical Contractors, Inc. v. Payne

    342 N.C. 825 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Mar 8, 1996

    Harris, 279 N.C. 288, 297 , 182 S.E.2d 345, 350 (1971) (quoting Foster v. Hyman, 197 N.C. 189, 191 , 148 S.E. 36, 37 (1929)) (emphasis added); see also O.S. Steel Erectors v. Brooks, 84 N.C. … Brooks v. Ansco & Assoc., 114 N.C.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Nichols v. . Bell

    46 N.C. 32 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 5, 1853

    This objection-is answered by the .cases of Miller v. Irwin, 1st Dev. and Bat. 103. Cooper v. Chambers, 4 Dev. 281 . Adcock v. Fleming, 2 Dev. & Bat. 223 . Ashford v. Robinson, 8 Ired. 116 . 3 Kent’s Com. 122. … Here the plaintiff is described, as being neither black nor white, but of a brown color, between that of an African and a mulatto.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Matter of Elkins

    308 N.C. 317 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 3, 1983

    Thompson v. Board of Education, 292 N.C. 406, 410 , 233 S.E. 2d 538, 541 (1977); see also Baker v. Varser, 240 N.C. 260 , 82 S.E. 2d 90 (1954). … Tidwell v. Booker, 290 N.C. 98 , 225 S.E. 2d 816 (1976). However, the rules of evidence before an administrative board permit more latitude than is allowed in court proceedings. Campbell v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • State v. Holloman.

    139 N.C. 642 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 12, 1905

    Elliott R. & S. (2nd Ed.), sec. 424; State v. Summerfield, 107 N. C., 895 . And its being put into effect can be made dependent upon the action of the board of supervisors. State v. Barringer, 110 N. C., 525 ; State v. … State v. Sharp, 125 N. C., 632, 634 . Under this statute, the State prosecutes for the misdemeanor and the board of supervisors can sue for the penalty. State v. Parker, 91 N. C., 650 ; State v. Bloodworth, 94 N.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Henderson v. . McLain

    146 N.C. 329 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 11, 1907

    Dunavant v. Railroad, 122 N. C., 1001 , and cases there cited. The refusal of the Superior Court to set aside the report of a referee on the ground of newly discovered evidence is not reviewable. Vest v. Cooper, 68 N. … Bunn v. Todd, 107 N. C., 266 , where this section is analyzed. As Avas said in Jones v. Emory, 115 N.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Jerkins v. . Mitchell

    57 N.C. 207 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 5, 1858

    See Walton v. Walton, 14 Ves. Jun. 324; Brown v. Brown, 2 Ired. Eq. 309 . A different rule was laid down by the Supreme Court, under its former organization, in the case of Norwood v. Branch, 2 Car. … That case was, however, brought into doubt by this Court in deciding the above-mentioned case of Brown v. Brown , and was entirely over-ruled in the subsequent one of Johnston v. Johnston, 4 Ired. Eq. 9.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • North Carolina School Boards Ass'n v. Moore

    359 N.C. 474 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jul 1, 2005

    Thornburg v. … In Shore v.

    Cited 27 timesPublished
  • Fowler v. Valencourt

    334 N.C. 345 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jul 30, 1993

    . § 1-52(13), this Court in Brown v. … National Food Stores v. North Carolina Board of Alcoholic Control, 268 N.C. 624 , 151 S.E.2d 582 (1966); State ex rel. Utilities Comm. v. Union Electric Membership Corp., 3 N.C. App. 309 , 164 S.E.2d 889 (1968).

    Cited 82 timesPublished
  • City of Asheville v. Frost

    370 N.C. 590 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Apr 6, 2018

    City of Asheville v. Frost, ___ -2- CITY OF ASHEVILLE V. FROST Opinion of the Court N.C. … See State v. Jones, 305 N.C. 520, 531, 290 S.E.2d 675, 681 (1982).

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Peeler v. . Peeler

    109 N.C. 628 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Sep 5, 1891

    Brown v. Mitchell, 102 N. C., 373 ; Bump, on F. C., pp. 6, 318; Stephenson v. Felton, 106 N. C., 120 ; Osborne v. Wilkes, 108 N. C., 669 ; Woodruff v. Bowles, 104 N. C , 213; Bigelow on Fraud, 136. … Brown v. Mitchell, supra; McLeod v. Bullard, 84 N. C., 515 .

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Town of Hendersonville v. Price

    96 N.C. 423 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Feb 5, 1887

    Ryan v. Martin, 91 N. C., 467 , and cases there cited. II. For the second position, the defendants rely on the-authority of Commissioners of Wilmington v. Roby, 8 Ired., 255 ; and The Commissioners of Raleigh v. … In the case of The Commissioners of Raleigh v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • In Re Appeal of McLean Trucking Co.

    281 N.C. 375 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 16, 1972

    Central Railroad Company of Pennsylvania v. Pennsylvania, supra. … Billings Transfer Co. v. Davidson, supra.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Town of Smithfield v. City of Raleigh

    207 N.C. 597 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 28, 1935

    S., 7125, are: Durham v. Cotton Mills, 141 N. C., 615 , 54 S. E., 453 ; Shelby v. Power Co., 155 N. C., 196 , 71 S. E., 218 ; Board of Health v. Commissioners, 173 N. C., 250 , 91 S. E., 1019 .

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • State v. Cummings

    323 N.C. 181 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 6, 1988

    State v. Brown, 315 N.C. 40 , 337 S.E. 2d 808 . The preferred method for proving a prior conviction includes the introduction of the judgment itself into evidence. State v. … State v. Brown, 320 N.C. 179, 202-03 , 358 S.E. 2d 1, 17 .

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Henry v. . Hilliard

    155 N.C. 372 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 31, 1911

    Browne on Stat. … Browning v. Berry, 107 N. C., 235 ; Jordan v. Furnace Co., 126 N. C., 147 ; Winders v. Hill, 144 N. C., 617 .

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • W. P. Love & Co. v. Young

    69 N.C. 65 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 5, 1873

    v. … The concluding general remarks of Justice Boyden, in Brown v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • State v. Jolley

    312 N.C. 296 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Nov 6, 1984

    Texas v. Brown, 460 U.S. 730 , 75 L.Ed. 2d 502 . 3 He thereupon secured the residence by roping it off and posting signs. He thereby lawfully seized the rifle. … Texas v. Brown, 460 U.S. 730 , 75 L.Ed. 2d 502 (1983).

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Newbern v. . Fisher

    198 N.C. 385 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Feb 26, 1930

    S., 987; Browne on the Statute of Frauds (5 ed.), p. 197; Reed on the Statute of Frauds, Vol. I, p. 235; Jones v. Bacon, 145 N. Y., 446 , 40 N. E., 216 ; Reed v. Holcomb, 31 Conn., 360 ; Mills v. … Brown, 11 Iowa, 314 ; Resseter v. Waterman, 151 Ill., 169 ; Keesling v. Frazier, 119 Ind., 185 ; Hawes v. Murphy, 191 Mass., 469 ; Noyes v. Ostrom, 113 Minn., 111 ; Alphin v. Lowman, 115 Va., 441 .

    Cited 7 timesPublished

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