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  • Mitchell v. Mitchell

    270 N.C. 253 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 3, 1967

    Holden v. Holden, 245 N.C. 1 , 95 S.E. 2d 118 ; Stanley v. Stanley, 226 N.C. 129 , 37 S.E. 2d 118 ; Brown v. Brown, 224 N.C. 556 , 31 S.E. 2d 529 . … Bunn v. Bunn, 262 N.C. 67 , 136 S.E. 2d 240 ; Stancil v. Stancil, 255 N.C. 507 , 121 S.E. 2d 882 ; Edmundson v. Edmundson, 222 N.C. 181 , 22 S.E. 2d 576 ; Davis v. Davis, 213 N.C. 537 , 196 S.E. 819 . See Smith v.

    Cited 35 timesPublished
  • Simmons v. City of Elizabeth City

    197 N.C. 404 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Sep 11, 1929

    Corp. (2 ed.), sec. 395; S. v. Thomas, 118 N. C., 1221 ; Wharton v. Greensboro, 146 N. C., 356 . … Ward v. Elizabeth City, 121 N. C., 1 ; Wood v. Bellamy, 120 N. C., 212 . But in Ward v. Elizabeth City, approving Hoke v.

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  • State v. . Smith

    221 N.C. 400 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 5, 1942

    Ayers said to Brown, "Let's go, two of them are Harris drivers and they might call Charlotte and we might have trouble." On leaving Mack's Place, Ayers got in the sleeper and Brown was driving. … Howard Brown testified: "One car pulled up to the side of the trailer and shot down my left rear tractor outside tire. I stopped on the shoulder of the road. . . .

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  • State v. . Baynes

    222 N.C. 425 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 16, 1942

    However, where an ordinance is adopted by the governing board of a municipality and that fact is shown, there is a presumption in favor of the validity of the ordinance. Durham v. R. R., 185 N. C., 240 , 117 S. E., 17 . … The governing board of a town, city or county has the right to have its minutes speak the truth and to that end may amend its records. Power Co. v. Clay County, 213 N. C., 698 , 197 S. E., 603 ; R. R. v. Reid, 187 N.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Dull v. Dull

    232 N.C. 482 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 11, 1950

    Ellis v. Barnes, 231 N.C. 543 , 57 S.E. 2d 772 ; Edgerton v. Harrison, 230 N.C. 158 , 52 S.E. 2d 357 ; Boyd v. Campbell, 192 N.C. 398 , 135 S.E. 121 ; Willis v. Trust Co., 183 N.C. 267 , 111 S.E. 163 ; Springs v. … This view is supported by the decisions in Turner v. Turner, supra, and Williams v. Williams, supra. And, as stated in the Turner case, the principles announced in Roberson v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF NORTH CAROLINA v. State

    363 N.C. 805 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 28, 2010

    STATE of North Carolina; Roy Cooper, Attorney General of North Carolina; State Board of Elections; and Gary O. Bartlett, as Executive Director of the State Board, Defendants. No. 479A09. Supreme Court of North Carolina. … Peters, Special Deputy Attorney General, for State Board of Elections. Prior report: ___ N.C.App. ___, 688 S.E.2d 700 .

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  • Hutaff v. . Adrian

    112 N.C. 259 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Feb 5, 1893

    Capehart v. Biggs, 77 N. C., 261 ; Fox v. Kline, 85 N. C., 173 . The Court will, therefore, not interpose by injunction merely to prevent a cloud upon the title. Southerland v. Harper, 83 N. C., 200 ; Browning v. … Purnell v. Vaughan, 77 N. C., 268 ; Capehart v. Biggs, supra; Pritchard v. Sanderson, 84 N. C., 299 ; Harrison v. Bray, 92 N. C., 488 ; Gooch v. Vaughan, Ibid., 610. No Error.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • City of Winston v. Wachovia Bank & Trust Co.

    158 N.C. 512 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Apr 10, 1912

    Ross v. Lipscomb, 83 S. C., 156; Johnston v. Roddy, 83 S. C., 462; Rea v. City of LaFayette, 130 Ga., 771 ; City of Bethany v. Allen, 186 Mo., 673 ; Gas and Water Co. v. City Alyria, 57 Ohio St., 374 ; Williams v. … People, 132 Ill., 583 ; Supervisors v. R. R., 21 Ill., pp. 338-373; Lewis v. Commissioners, 12 Kan., 186 ; Leavenworth v. Wilson, 69 Kan., 74 ; McMillan v. Lee County, 3 Iowa, 311 ; Stern v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Reynolds v. Lloyd Cotton Mills

    177 N.C. 412 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 14, 1919

    Anderson v. Anderson, 42 Vt., 352 ; Gardner v. Board of Education, 5 Dakota, 259 . It is settled by many well-adjudged cases, especially by the case of Cross v. … Doyle v. Brown, 72 N. C., 393 ; Rackley v. Roberts, 147 N. C., 201 ; McDonald v. Hoffman, 153 N. C., 254 . Jurisdiction is presumed where the contrary does not appear on the record. Bernard v. Brown, 118 N.

    Cited 74 timesPublished
  • Cheatham v. . Rowland

    105 N.C. 218 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Feb 5, 1890

    Patton v. Baird, 7 Ired. Eq., 255 ; Osborne v. Calvert, 83 N. C., 365 ; 2 Greenleaf on Ev., sec. 69; Kyd on Awards, 381. … Osborn v. Calvert, supra; Brown v. Brown, 4 Jones, 123 ; Walker v. Walker, 1 Winst., 258. The evidence produced went directly to so prove, and there was no evidence to the contrary.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Swain v. . McRae

    80 N.C. 111 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 5, 1879

    We refrain from saying more on this subject as it is fully discussed in O’Hara v. Powell, ante 103. … to be in the case of Moore v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Elizabeth Townes Homeowners Ass'n v. Jordan

    367 N.C. 321 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Mar 6, 2014

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  • State Ex Rel. Corporation Commission v. Transportation Committee of the North Carolina Commission

    198 N.C. 317 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Feb 12, 1930

    S. v. Steele, 106 N. C., 766 ; Money v. Hotel Co., 174 N. C., 508 . In Pickett v. Kuchan, 49 A. L. R. … Brown v. J. H. Bell Co., 27 L. R. A. 407 (Iowa).” The Congress of the United States, on 1 March, 1875, passed “An act to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights.” 18 Stat., 335.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Dickson v. Rucho, 366 NC 332

    366 N.C. 332 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 25, 2013

    SINCLAIR, CARDES HENRY BROWN, JR., and JANE STEPHENS v. … State v. Brown, 327 N.C. 1, 20, 394 S.E.2d 434, 446 (1990) (emphasis added) (citation omitted).

    Cited 39 timesPublished
  • Porter v. Suburban Sanitation Service, Inc.

    283 N.C. 479 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 1, 1973

    Jackson v. Board of Adjustment, 275 N.C. 155, 162 , 166 S.E. 2d 78 ; Efird v. Comrs. of Forsyth, 219 N.C. 96 , 12 S.E. 2d 889 ; Tyrrell County v. Holloway, 182 N.C. 64 , 108 S.E. 337 . … See: City of Indianapolis v. Ryan, 212 Ind. 447 , 7 N.E. 2d 974 ; O’Neal v. Harrison, 96 Kansas 339, 150 P. 551 ; Wheeler v. Boston, 233 Mass. 275 , 123 N.E. 684 ; Board of Health of Grand Rapids v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Boney v. . Kinston Graded Schools

    229 N.C. 136 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 4, 1948

    Carter v. R. R., 126 N. C., 437 , 36 S. E., 14 ; Board of Education v. Henderson, 126 N. C., 689 , 36 S. E., 158 ; Bearden v. Fullam, 129 N. C., 477 , 40 S. E., 204 ; S. v. Maultsby, 139 N. C., 583 , 51 S. … Glenn v. Board of Education, 210 N. C., 525 , 187 S. E., 781 ; Albertson v. Albertson, 207 N. C., 547 , 178 S. E., 352 .

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Currier v. W. M. Ritter Lumber Co.

    150 N.C. 694 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 21, 1909

    Smith v. Lumber Co., 142 N. … Oye., 14; Soloman v. Sewerage Co., 142 N. C., 445 ; Edwards v. Railroad, 121 N. C., 490 .

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  • State v. Freeman

    275 N.C. 662 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Nov 19, 1969

    People v. Brown, 203 N.Y. 44, 51 , 96 N.E. 367, 369 . A verdict of murder in the first degree shows clearly that the jurors were not coerced, for they had the right to convict in the second degree. … Commonwealth, 265 S.W. 2d 40 (Ky. 1953); Brown v. State, 219 Ark. 647 , 243 S.W. 2d 938 ; State v. Clokey, 83 Idaho 322 , 364 P. 2d 159 ; State v. Drosos, 253 Iowa 1152 , 114 N.W. 2d 526 ; 24B C. J. S.

    Cited 57 timesPublished
  • Izydore v. City of Durham

    367 N.C. 261 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Nov 7, 2013

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  • State v. . Riley

    188 N.C. 72 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 21, 1924

    Brown of High Point. This testimony being from the police officer, S. J. Current, and John T. … Riley, the father, said: “Yes, sir; you are the man that was at my house and introduced yourself as Brown from High Point.”

    Cited 18 timesPublished

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