Case law

Costin v. . Baxter

29 N.C. 111 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 5, 1846

Brown on Actions, 167, 580, 581, 582. By those rules, however, the court is required in such cases to give him a judgment. … Norwood v. Morrow , 20 N.C. 578 ; Reynolds v. Magness , 24 N.C. 26 ; Ratliff v. Huntley , 26 N.C. 545 .

Poisson v. . Pettaway

159 N.C. 650 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 3, 1912

Brown, J. Jebu Poisson purchased the lot in controversy and died in 1873, devising it in fee to his daughter Sarah, who died in 1906, devising it in fee to her brother and only heir at law, Janies Dickson Poisson. … Wilkerson v. Bracken, 24 N. C., 315 .

Covington ex rel. Covington v. Wyatt

196 N.C. 367 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 12, 1928

Ledbetter v. English, 166 N. C., 125 . Tbis familiar principle has been recognized in a number of subsequent decisions. Zagier v. Express Co., 171 N. C., 692 ; Stone v. Texas Co., 180 N. C., 546 ; Albritton v. … Brewer v. Ring, 177 N. C., 476 ; Thornburg v. Long, 178 N. C., 589 ; Nash v. Royster, 189 N. C., 408 .

Porter v. White.

128 N.C. 42 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Mar 12, 1901

Sprague v. Bond, 115 N. C., 530 ; Egerton v. Jones, 107 N. C., 284 : Green v. Sherrod, 105 N. C., 191 ; Norris v. McLamb, 104 N. C., 159 ; Egerton v. Jones, 102 N. C., 278 ; Link v. Link, 90 N. C., 238 ; Bonham v. … C., 224 ; Briant v. Corpening, 62 N. C., 325 ; Brown v. Carson, 45 N., C., 272; McDonald v. McLeod, 36 N. C., 221 ; and other cases. But the plaintiff does not come within this class.

State v. Bacon

337 N.C. 66 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jul 29, 1994

See State v. Brown, 320 N.C. 179, 198-99 , 358 S.E.2d 1, 15 , cert. denied, 484 U.S. 970 , 98 L. … State v. Brown, 315 N.C. 40, 70 , 337 S.E.2d 808, 829 (1985), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1165 , 90 L. Ed. 2d 733 (1986), overruled on other grounds, State v. Vandiver, 321 N.C. 570 , 354 S.E.2d 373 (1988).

Wake Forest Golf & Country Club, Inc. v. Town of Wake Forest

365 N.C. 359 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Nov 9, 2011

719 S.E.2d 21 (2011) WAKE FOREST GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB, INC. v. TOWN OF WAKE FOREST, Vivian A. … Jones, in her official capacity as Mayor, Chris Kaeberlein, Anne Hines, Frank Drake, Pete Thibodeau, Margaret Stinnett, in their official capacities as members of the Wake Forest Board of Commissioners. No. 303P11.

Whisnant v. TEACHERS'AND STATE EMPLOYEES'RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF NORTH CAROLINA

668 S.E.2d 783 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 9, 2008

668 S.E.2d 783 (2008) Harry WHISNANT, on behalf of himself and ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED v. … TEACHERS' AND STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF NORTH CAROLINA, a corporation; Board of Trustees of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System of North Carolina, a body politic and corporate; Department of State

Deitz v. . Bolch

209 N.C. 202 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 22, 1936

C., 1 ; Hoell v. White, 169 N. C., 640 ; Gardiner v. May, 172 N. C., 192 . … Strickland v. Strickland, 95 N. C., 471 ; Cox v. Boyden, 167 N. C., 320 ; Bank v. McEwen, supra. As was said in Chavis v. Brown, 174 N.

State v. Strickland

318 N.C. 653 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 6, 1987

See, e.g., State v. … See, e.g., State v. Brown, 312 N.C. 237 , 321 S.E.2d 856 (1984) (plain error for trial court to have submitted to the jury a theory of kidnapping not alleged in the indictment).

Little v. Sheets

239 N.C. 430 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 29, 1954

Kerr v. Drake, 182 N.C. 164 , 108 S.E. 393 . See also S. v. … See Lumber Co. v. Hutton, 159 N.C. 445 , 74 S.E. 1056 ; Whitaker v. Cover, 140 N.C. 280 , 52 S.E. 581 ; Huffman v. Pearson, 222 N.C. 193 , 22 S.E. 2d 440 ; Brown v.

Bradshaw v. . Power Co.

205 N.C. 850 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 24, 1934

The building was operated by the plaintiffs as a boarding house for teachers. … The merit of this cause is determined by the opinion in the case of Merritt v. Power Co., ante , 259.

Duncan v. . Gulley

199 N.C. 552 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 15, 1930

Brown v. Sheets, 197 N. C., at p. 273, 63 A. L. R., 1357. … In Best v. Utley, 189 N.

Duke Land & Improvement Co. v. Town of Murphy

179 N.C. 133 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 20, 1919

*134 Brown, J. The court instructed the jury that if they believed all the evidence they should answer the first issue “No,” and the second issue “Yes.” In this instruction there was error. … Justice Hoke in Tise v. Whitaker, 146 N.

Holmes v. . Godwin

71 N.C. 306 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 5, 1874

Brown, 17 Pick. 453 ; Hilliard on New Trials, chap. 17, sec. 29. The opinion of the Court, as declared in this case heretofore, 69 N. C. 467 , does not militate with this view of the power of this Court. … Key v. Allen, is very like our case, but there the counsel raised the point and asked for a writ of enquiry, without disturbing the verdict which was not done when this case was here before.

Moore v. . Hill

85 N.C. 218 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 5, 1881

Brumble v. Brown, 71 N. C., 513 ,and other cases. But it is untenable-upon any grounds suggested, and must be overruled. … Curtis v. Cash, 84 N. C., 41 ; Bryant v. Fisher, at this term. ■2.

Thornton v. Southern Railway

150 N.C. 691 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 19, 1909

Brown, J. There appears to be abundant evidence in tbe record to warrant tbe conclusion that tbe fire originated -on tbe .right of way of defendant and was caused by sparks from its engine. … See, also, Jackson v. *693 Commissioners, 18 N. C., 117 ; Ruffin v. Overby, 88 N. C., 369 ; Osborne v. Ballew, 34 N. C., 373 ; Lamb v. Swain, 48 N. C., 370 .

Ingle v. Cassady

208 N.C. 497 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 9, 1935

Gravel v. Roberge, 125 Me., 399, 134 A., 375 . See, too, Brown v. Rhoades, 126 Me., 186, 137 A., 58 , 53 A. L. R., 834; Lammers v. Carstensen, 109 Neb., 475 , 191 N. W., 670 ; Richards v. … Jernigan, supra; Fields v. Brown, 205 N. C., 543 .

Huddleston v. . Hardy

164 N.C. 210 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 3, 1913

This is what we decided in Fortune v. Hunt, 149 N. … "Why is not the same true, as to this deed, if after delivery the grantor “cannot by a subsequent act defeat the effect of the delivery,” as Justice Brown said in Fortune v. Hunt?

Weaver v. Morgan

232 N.C. 642 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Nov 22, 1950

Burnsville v. Boone, 231 N.C. 577, 58 S.E. 2d 351 , and cases cited; also Paper Co. v. Sanitary District, ante, 421; Johnson v. Barham, ante, 508. … Fox v. Mills, 225 N.C. 580 , 35 S.E. 2d 869 ; Burnsville v. Boone, supra.

Cody v. . Barrett.

200 N.C. 43 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 19, 1930

S., 5389; Spruill v. Davenport, 178 N. C., 364 , 100 S. E., 527 . … Hayes v. Benton, 193 N. C., 379 , 137 S. E., 169 . Mandamus lies only to enforce a clear legal right. Umstead v. Board of Elections, 192 N. C., 139 , 134 S. E., 409 ; Person v. Doughton, 186 N. C., 723 , 120 S.