Case law

Thompson v. Ford

29 N.C. 420 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Aug 15, 1847

held by the plaintiff upon a pure and simple trust for Fullenwider, the defendant in the execution, but upon a mixed trust, for him and the creditors secured in the deed; and that is not within that section of the Statute, Brown … v.

Cranford v. Steed Ex Rel. Steed

268 N.C. 595 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Nov 30, 1966

McRary v. McRary, 228 N.C. 714, 719 , 47 S.E. 2d 27, 31 . Accord: Owens v. Voncannon, 251 N.C. 351, 354 , 111 S.E. 2d 700, 703 ; 3 Strong, N. C. Index, Judgments § 8. … King v. King, 225 N.C. 639 , 35 S.E. 2d 893 , and cases cited. Accord: Brown v. Owens, 251 N.C. 348, 350 , 111 S.E. 2d 705, 707 ; Overton v. Overton, 259 N.C. 31, 37 , 129 S.E. 2d 593, 598 ; 3 Strong, N. C.

Williams v. . Lane

4 N.C. 246 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jul 5, 1815

The case was spoken to at a former term by Gaston for the petitioners and Browne for the defendant, when the Court, not having formed an unanimous opinion, it was continued under advisement till this term. … It was decided in the case of Powell v. Lyles , 5 N.C. 348 , that describing a tract of land as containing a specific number of acres did not vary the case from a description of a tract by so many acres, more or less.

State v. . Hooper

151 N.C. 646 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Sep 22, 1909

BROWN, J. … State v. Wright, 75 N. C., 439 ; State v. Roberts, 81 N. C., 605 ; State v. Lyon, 81 N. C., 600 . The fact that tbe court bad made notes of tbe evidence did not make such notes tbe only and tbe conclusive evidence.

Walters v. Rocky Mount Sash & Blind Co.

154 N.C. 323 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Mar 15, 1911

Holton v. Lumber Co., 152 N. C., 68 . As was said by Brown, J., in Shaw v. Mfg. Co., 146 N. … Noble v. Lumber Co., 151 N. C., 16 ; Horne v. R. R., 153 N. C., 239 ; Pressly v. Yarn *326 Mills, 138 N. C., 410; Hicks v. Mfg. Co., ib., 326; Lloyd v. Hanes, 126 N. C., 359 ; Sims v. Lindsay, 122 N. C., 678 .

Caldwell v. . Neely

81 N.C. 114 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 5, 1879

Copeland v. Sauls, 1 Jones, 70 ; Johnson v. Watts, Ibid., 228; Feimster v. McRorie, Ibid., 547; Barwick v. Wood, 3 Jones, 306 ; Brown v. … Cloud v. Webb, 3 Dev., 317 , reaffirmed on second appeal, 4 Dev., 290 ; Covington v. Stewart, 77 N. C., 148 ; Neely v. Neely, 79 N. C., 478 .

Johnson v. Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad

130 N.C. 488 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 13, 1902

Neal v. Railroad, 126 N. C., 634 , 49 L. R. A., 684, is put upon tbe ground that, taking all tbe plaintiff’s evidence to be true, be bad proved bis own contributory negligence. But sucb is not tbe case bere. … Browne v. Railroad, 109 N. C., 34 . Was there evidence to justify thus leaving the issue of contributory negligence to the jury?

Jenkins v. Southern Railway Co.

196 N.C. 466 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 9, 1929

Arrowood v. R. R., 126 N. C., 629 , 36 S. E., 151 . … Defendant cites and relies upon Holder v. R. R., 160 N. C., 4 , 75 S. E., 1094 , and Stout v. R. R., 164 N. C., 384 , 80 S. E., 1118 . These cases are commented upon by Brown, Jin his opinion in *470 the Tyson caso.

Jackson v. Ayden Lumber Co.

158 N.C. 317 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Mar 27, 1912

BROWN, J., dissenting; WALKER, J., concurring in dissent. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court by Mr. Chief Justice Clark . … In Sigmon v. R.

McLamb v. Weaver

244 N.C. 432 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Sep 19, 1956

Southerland v. Potts, 234 N.C. 268 , 67 S.E. 2d 51 ; 68 C.J.S., Partition sec. 151(f); 40 Am. Jur., Partition sec. 126. See also, Elledge v. Welch, 238 N.C. 61 , 76 S.E. 2d 340 , and Sutton v. … Waller v. Brown, 197 N.C. 508 , 149 S.E. 687 .

Johnston v. . Whitehead

109 N.C. 207 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Sep 5, 1891

Pittman v. Kimberly, 92 N. C., 562 . … Pittman v. Kimberly, supra; Bailey v. Brown, 105 N. C., 127 ; Porter v. R. R., 106 N. C., 478 ; Mitchell v. Tedder, 108 N. C., 266 . The objection that the motion to dismiss was granted without notice is without force.

Cecil v. City of High Point

165 N.C. 431 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Apr 29, 1914

Brevard Light and Power Co. v. Board of Light and Water Commissioners of Concord, 151 N. C., 558 ; Jones v. Statesville, 97 N. C., 86 ; Steele v. Commissioners of Rutherford, 70 N. C., 137 ; Jones v. … Mayor and City of Nashville v. Webb, 114 Tenn., 432 ; Board of Directors v. Bodkins Bros., 108 Tenn., 700 ; Oil City v. McAbuy, 74 Pa. St., 249; Backwoods & Co. v.

Telephone Co. v. . Telephone Co.

159 N.C. 9 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Apr 17, 1912

BROWN, J., did not sit. … BROWN, J., did not sit. Cited: Woodley v. Telephone Co. , 163 N.C. 286 .

State v. Taylor

230 N.C. 566 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 16, 1949

G.S. 4-1; In re Taylor, 229 N.C. 297 , 49 S.E. 2d 749 ; Roughton v. Brown, 53 N.C. 393 ; Williams v. Edwards, 34 N.C. 118 ; Lassiter v. Harper, 32 N.C. 392 ; Tyler v. Morris, 20 N.C. 625 . See Massie v. … IV, Sec. 8; S. v. Lawrence, 81 N.C. 522 ; S. v. Green, 85 N.C. 600 . See, also, note to Halford v. Alexander, 46 Am. Dec. 253 -257.

Welch v. Sun Underwriters Insurance

196 N.C. 546 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 23, 1929

E., 631 ; Roper v. Insurance Co., supra. … Britton v. Insurance Co., 165 N. C., 149 , 80 S. E., 1012 . In the opinion in that case, Brown, J., says: “But the reformation is subject to the same rules of law as applied to all other instruments in writing.

State v. Hunt

330 N.C. 501 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 10, 1992

State v. Robinson, 327 N.C. 346 , 395 S.E.2d 402 (1990); State v. Brown, 327 N.C. 1 , 394 S.E.2d 434 (1990); State v. Hunt, 323 N.C. 407 , 373 S.E.2d 400 (1988), sentence vacated on other grounds, 494 U.S. 1022 , 108 L. … See State v. Brown, 306 N.C. 151, 179 , 293 S.E.2d 569, 587 , cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1080 , 74 L. Ed. 2d 642 (1982).

Hall v. . Dixon

174 N.C. 319 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 17, 1917

Brown, J. Tbe action is brought to subject a certain tract of land to the payment of certain debts secured by mortgage liens thereon, and to foreclose the same. … It is contended by the plaintiff that the case of Dalrymple v. Cole, 170 N. C., 102 , overrules Hughes v.

Simmons v. . Fleming

157 N.C. 389 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 13, 1911

In Collingwood v. Brown, 106 N. … Britt v. Smith, 86 N. C., 308 . ¥e conclude that there is No error.

Davis v. Martini

233 N.C. 351 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Mar 21, 1951

Wynn *353 v. Robinson, 216 N.C. 341 , 4 S.E. 2d 884 ; Bigham v. Foor, 201 N.C. 14 , 158 S.E. 548 ; Ashley v. Brown, 198 N.C. 369 , 151 S.E. 725 . … Bigham v. Foor, supra.

Burleson Mica Co. v. Southern Express Co.

182 N.C. 669 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 14, 1921

In Evans v. R. R., 167 N. C., 416 , Justice Brown said: “A mere statement that an examination is material and necessary is not sufficient. This is nothing more than the statement of the applicant’s opinion. … In McGibboney v. Mills, 35 N.