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  • Bost v. Cabarrus County

    152 N.C. 531 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 11, 1910

    R. v. The Platt Land, 133 N. C., 266 , and in which it was held: “1. … It is ordinarily true, as said by Douglas, J., delivering tbe opinion in Mullen v. Canal Co., 130 N.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Doe v. Roman Cath. Diocese

    Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 31, 2025

    The plaintiff then argued that the effect of that statute was to permit “a new cause of action” on his brown lung claim—one that essentially ignored the existing judgment. Id. at 142. … Wallace v. Bone, 304 N.C. 591, 598 (1982).

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  • Andrews v. Haygood

    662 S.E.2d 665 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 16, 2008

    662 S.E.2d 665 (2008) ANDREWS v. HAYGOOD. No. 57A07-2. Supreme Court of North Carolina. May 16, 2008. Pamela S. Duffy, Molly A. Orndorff, Burlington, for Charlie Brown, Trustee. Susannah Holloway, for NCDHHS. Timothy P.

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  • Harvell v. Weldon Lumber Co.

    154 N.C. 254 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Mar 1, 1911

    . plaintiff stumbled and broke a board, the fact that the board broke and the evidence of the defendant’s witness that there were thicker boards at the mill and that the broken board was not strong enough to hold the weight … R. v. Ives, 144 U. S., 408 ; Norton v. R. R., 122 N. C., 929 . In Russell v. Town of Monroe, 116 N.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • State v. Sanders

    295 N.C. 361 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jul 14, 1978

    Defendant relies largely upon the recent case of Brown v. … . *372 In Brown v.

    Cited 34 timesPublished
  • Flowers v. . King

    145 N.C. 234 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 16, 1907

    Card v. Finch, 142 N. C., 140 ; Carter v. Roundtree, 109 N. C., 29 ; Doyle v. Brown, 72 N. C., 393 ; Copper Co. v. Martin, 70 N. C., 300 ; Black on Judgments, sec. 307. … As said in Beclon v. Dunn, 137 N.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Rhodes v. City of Asheville

    229 N.C. 355 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 13, 1948

    Lea v. Bridgeman, 228 N. C., 565 , 46 S. E. (2d), 555 ; King v. Rudd, 226 N. C., 156 , 37 S. E. (2d), 116 ; Query v. Ins. Co., 218 N. C., 386 , 11 S. E. (2d), 139 . Obviously, the judgment is supported by the record. … Brown v. Truck Lines. 227 N. C., 65 , 40 S. E. (2d), 476 ; Rader v. Coach Co., 225 N. C., 537 , 35 S. E. (2d), 609 . Affirmed.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • North Carolina Railroad v. Commissioners of Alamance

    77 N.C. 4 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 5, 1877

    Co. v. Commissioners of Orange, 74 N. C. 506 ; R. & D. R. R. Co. v. Brogden, Ibid, 707. … Co. v. Commissioners of Alamance, 76 N. C. 212 .

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • City of Kannapolis v. City of Concord

    326 N.C. 512 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 10, 1990

    City of Kannapolis v. City of Concord, 95 N.C. App. 591 , 383 S.E.2d 402 (1989). … Huntley v. Potter, 255 N.C. 619, 627 , 122 S.E.2d 681, 686 (1961).

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • State v. . Smith

    100 N.C. 550 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Feb 5, 1888

    Little v. May, 3 Hawks, 599 ; State v. Spainhour, 2 D & B., 547; Woolard v. McCullough, 1 Ired., 432 ; Welch v. Piercy, 7 Ired., 365 ; State v. Davis, 68 N. C., 297 . … It was contended by the defendant’s counsel in the Court below, that the petition for the road was addressed to the “ Board of Supervisors of public roads,” in a particular township, and not to the Board of County Commissioners

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Wilson v. . Mooresville

    222 N.C. 283 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Nov 25, 1942

    Chambers v. Oil Co. , 199 N.C. 28 , 153 S.E. 594 ; Harden v. Furniture Co., supra; Canter v. Board of Education , 201 N.C. 836 , 160 S.E. 924 ; Walker v. Wilkins, Inc. , 212 N.C. 627 , 194 S.E. 89 ; Plemmons v. … of commissioners as the board may direct . . ."

    Cited 34 timesPublished
  • State v. . Berry

    190 N.C. 363 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 28, 1925

    C., p. 659, Brown, J., says: “It is elementary that a jury, as understood at common law and as used in our Constitutions, Federal and State,, signifies twelve men duly impaneled in tbe case to be tried. … Traction Co. v. Hof, 174 U. S., 1 .” S. v. Holt, 90 N. C., 749 ; S. v. Cutshall, 110 N. C., 538 ; S. v. Wood, 175 N. C., 809 ; Bartholomew v. Parrish, 186 N. C., 85 . Tbe record proper “imports verity.” S. v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Welsh v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

    200 N.C. 184 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 27, 1931

    Burton v. Ins. Co., 198 N. C., 498 . … Burton v. Ins. Co., 198 N. C., 498 ; Welch v. Ins. Co., 196 N. C., 546 , 146 S. E., 216 ; Graham v. Ins. Co., 116 N. C., 313 , 91 S. E., 6 ; Britton v. Ins. Co., 165 N. C., 149 , 80 S. E., 1072 ; Clements v. Ins.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Carnes v. . Carnes

    204 N.C. 636 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 10, 1933

    Only the party injured is entitled to a divorce from bed and board under C. S., 1660. Sanderson v. Sanderson, 178 N. C., 339 , 100 S. E., 590 . See, also, Reeves v. Reeves, 203 N. C., 792 . … Dowdy v. Dowdy, 154 N. C., 556 , 70 S. E., 917 ; Martin v. Martin, supra; O’Connor v. O’Connor, 109 N. C., 139 , 13 S. E., 887 ; Jackson v. Jackson, 105 N. C., 433 , 11 S. E., 173 ; White v. White, 84 N. C., 340 .

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Russell v. . Stewart

    64 N.C. 487 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 5, 1870

    Dula v. Cowles, 7 Jon. 290; Winstead v. Reid, Bus. 76; White v. Brown, 2 Jon. 403.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Bryan v. Wilson

    259 N.C. 107 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Mar 20, 1963

    A Board of Adjustment cannot amend an ordinance. Lee v. Board of Adjustment, 226 N.C. 107 , 37 S.E. 2d 128 , 168 A.L.R. 1 . … One of the aids in ascertaining the legislative intent is the doctrine of ejusdem generis which this Court applied in Chambers v. Board of Adjustment, 250 N.C. 194 , 108 S.E. 2d 211 , cited in appellants’ brief.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Margaret McLennan v. R. C. Chisholm.

    66 N.C. 100 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 5, 1872

    It is true, that in the case of Howe v. … the designation of his plantation, and in the case of Bradshaw v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • In Re Claim of Duckett

    271 N.C. 430 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Sep 27, 1967

    In State, ex Rel. v. Board of Trustees, 192 Mo. … Jenkins v. Dept. of Motor Vehicles, 244 N.C. 560, 565 , 94 S.E. 2d 577 . Appellant further contends that the Superior Court is bound by the Pension Board’s finding of fact.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Hedgepeth Ex Rel. Hedgepeth v. Coleman

    183 N.C. 309 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Apr 12, 1922

    Simmons v. Morse, 51 N. C., 6 ; Brown v. Lumber Co., 167 N. C., 11 ; Hall v. Hall, 179 N. C., 571 ; Paul v. Auction Co., 181 N. C., 1 . … Tuson v. Evans, 12 A. & E., 733; Snyder v. Andrews, 6 Barbour (N. Y.), 43; Keene v. Ruff, 1 Clarke (Iowa), 482; Swindle v. State, 21 Am.. Dec., 515; Odgers, supra, 161; Brown v. Lumber Co., 167 N. C., 9 .

    Cited 34 timesPublished
  • Ollis v. Ollis

    241 N.C. 709 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Mar 23, 1955

    In Best v. … Brooks v. Brooks, 226 N.C. 280 , 37 S.E. 2d 909 ; Carnes v. Carnes, 204 N.C. 636 , 169 S.E. 222 ; Dowdy v. Dowdy, 154 N.C. 556 , 70 S.E. 917 ; Jackson v. Jackson, 105 N.C. 433 , 11 S.E. 173 ; White v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished

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