Case law

TROY LUMBER COMPANY v. Hunt

251 N.C. 624 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 14, 1960

Lewis, 243 N.C. 188 , 90 S.E. 2d 245 ; Reid v. Holden, 242 N.C. 408 , 88 S.E. 2d 125 ; Craver v. Spaugh, 227 N.C. 129 , 41 S.E. 2d 82 ; Dix-Downing v. White, 206 N.C. 567 , 174 S.E. 451 ; Batson v. … Taylor was, and is now, the controlling stockholder of Troy Lumber Company, the chairman of its board of directors, its president, and has complete charge of its operations and business.

State v. Payne

213 N.C. 719 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 15, 1938

Sheriff Brown testified that Turner stated that be bad a boat near Southport for use in case be ran into a “dead end.” … E., 14 , Brown, J., said: “We might hesitate to admit evidence of threats, made two years before the *726 homicide, if they stood alone, although threats made twelve months prior were admitted in S. v. Howard, 82 N.

Crump v. . McKay

53 N.C. 32 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 5, 1860

This is settled; see Scott v. Brown, 3 Jones, 541 .

Dependents of Phifer v. Foremost Dairy, Inc.

200 N.C. 65 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 19, 1930

Fisher v. Tidewater Bldg. Co., 116 At., 924 ; Harrison v. Central Con. Corporation, 108 At. (Md.), 874; Scalia v. American Sumatra Tobacco Co., 105 At. (Conn.), 346; Swanson v. Latham, 101 At. … Accordingly we are of opinion that the Industrial Accident Board had the right to draw the inference that Donovan’s injury arose out of and in consequence of his employment.” In Harrison v. Central Con.

State v. Ward

354 N.C. 231 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Nov 9, 2001

Settles testified that he came to know the King family through his girlfriend, Sharon Brown. According to Settles, Brown performed housekeeping work for the victim, and he periodically helped Brown with her duties. … Jeune, 332 N.C. at 431 , 420 S.E.2d at 410 ; State v. Brown, 315 N.C. 40, 57 , 337 S.E.2d 808, 822 (1985), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1164 , 90 L. Ed. 2d 733 (1986), overruled on other grounds by State v.

Yokley v. Clark

262 N.C. 218 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 12, 1964

The Board of Commissioners of Surry County, in its 1963-1964 budget, included the sum of $25,000.00 for the Airport Authority, (one member of the Board opposed this grant). … Parker, in the case of George v.

Davis v. City of Charlotte

242 N.C. 670 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 12, 1955

S. v. Ray, 131 N.C. 814 , 42 S.E. 960 ; S. v. McGee, 237 N.C. 633 , 75 S.E. 2d 783 . … shall be by the board of commissioners of the county.”

Howard v. Bingham

231 N.C. 420 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Feb 3, 1950

Elder v. R. R., 194 N.C. 617 , 140 S.E. 298 ; Hampton v. Hawkins, 219 N.C. 205 , 13 S.E. 2d 227 ; Bus Co. v. Products Co., 229 N.C. 352 , 49 S.E. 2d 623 ; Brown v. Bus Lines, 230 N.C. 493 , 53 S.E. 2d 539 ; Cox v. … Bailey v. Michael, ante, 404; Dawson v. Transportation Co., 230 N.C. 36 , 51 S.E. 2d 921 ; Winfield v. Smith, 230 N.C. 392 , 53 S.E. 2d 251 ; Hobbs v. Drewer, 226 N.C. 146 , 37 S.E. 2d 121 ; Cummins v.

Chatham v. . Realty Co.

180 N.C. 500 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 8, 1920

ALLEN, J., dissenting; BROWN, J., concurring in the dissenting opinion. … To the same purport are Faison v. Stewart , 112 N.C. 334 ; Baker v. Brown , 151 N.C. 15 , and many other cases.

Satterwaite v. . Wilkinson

173 N.C. 38 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Feb 28, 1917

Alexander v. Alexander, 41 N. C., 231 , in McCallum v. McCallum, 167 N. … This authority is approved in Mabry v. Brown, 162 N. C., 221 ; Griffin v. Commander, 163 N. C., 232 , and in other cases.

Town of Bath v. Norman

226 N.C. 502 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Sep 18, 1946

to a judgment which gives away the whole corpus of the controversy — not only abandons title to lands claimed in good faith by the municipality, but puts that title in an adversary — should rest on official action of the board … Burgin v. Board of Election, 214 N. C., 146 , 198 S. E., 573 ; O’Neal v. Wake County, 196 N. C., 184 , 145 S. E., 28 ; Realty Co. v. Charlotte, 198 N. C., 564 , 152 S. E., 686 ; Ins. Co. v. Guilford County, 225 N.

Weston v. John L. Roper Lumber Co.

163 N.C. 78 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Sep 24, 1913

than 12% cents per .acre,” and contend that at most this could be nothing more than a quitclaim or release of any interest the State board might have in said tract. … The point was directly presented to this Court in Taylor v, Shuford, 11 N. 0., 116, and the Court held: “The sovereign pcjwer cannot be estopped.

Martin v. Martin.

130 N.C. 27 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Mar 4, 1902

The complaint sets out no ground for an absolute divorce, and is insufficient as a complaint for divorce from bed and board in that it does not specifically state the circumstances of the alleged acts of cruelty, give time … O'Connor v. O’Connor, 109 N. C., 139 ; Jackson v. Jackson, 105 N. C., 433 ; White v. White, 84 N. C., 340 ; McQueen v. McQueen, 82 N. C., 471 . And such defective complaint can not be cured by verdict. Ladd v.

Garland v. . Arrowood

177 N.C. 371 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Apr 29, 1919

Black v. Saunders, 46 N. C., 67 ; Aman v. Walker, 165 N. C., 224 ; Michael v. Moore, 157 N. C., 462 . … Brown v. Mitchell, 102 N. C., 347 , 369; Tredwell v. Graham, 88 N. C., 208 ; Cook v. Guirkin, 119 N. C., 13 ; Aman v.

In re J.E.B.

Supreme Court of North Carolina · Feb 5, 2021

Town of Pinebluff v. Moore Cnty., 374 N.C. 254, 255–56, 839 S.E.2d 833, 834 (2020) (citing Applewood Props., LLC v. New S. … In understanding a court’s proper role in the accurate interpretation of our Legislature’s statutory enactments, this Court stated in its decision in Brown v.

Martin v. . McDonald

168 N.C. 232 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Feb 17, 1915

BrowN, J. This action is brought to recover for a breach of contract in the sale and purchase of ten shares of stock of the American National Bank of Asheville. … C., 56 ; 2 Mechem Sales, sec. 1304; Glevelenger v. Lewis, 16 L. R. A. (N. C.), 410; Peoples Bank v. Kentz, 99 Pa., 344 ; 44 Am. Rep., 112 ; Allen v. Pegram, 16 Iowa, 163 . In McClure v. Central Trust Co., 165 N.

Mauney v. . Norvell

179 N.C. 628 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 2, 1920

omitted the words (which are in the English statute, and which are retained in ours) “from the making thereof,” but the Court of Appeals reversed this, and held that the limitation still ran from the making of a lease.., Browne … Vanderford v. Foreman, supra, is very much in point, and is cited Product Co. v. Dunn, 142 N. C., 274 . Tbe same section, Rev., 976, makes all contracts to sell or convey any land void unless in writing.

Lewark v. Railroad

137 N.C. 383 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Feb 21, 1905

Brown, J. On November 14, 1902, the plaintiffs had shipped from Norfolk, Va., to themselves at Church Island, N. 0., two tons of ice over the defendant’s line. … In the well-known case of Hadley v.

Johnson Bros. v. Lee

187 N.C. 753 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 21, 1924

Wilkins v. Norman, 139 N. C., 39 ; Blackwell v. Blackwell, 124 N. C., 269 ; Rowland v. Rowland, 93 N. C., 214 ; Hafner v. Irwin, 20 N. C., 570 . … Lee had no children, he took a fee simple, and we are cited to Cole v. Thornton, 180 N. C., 90 ; Silliman v. Whitaker, 119 N. C., 92 ; Hunt v. Satterwhite, 85 N. C., 73 ; Dupree v. Dupree, 45 N.

Williams, Chairman, Etc. v. . Lindsay

44 N.C. 323 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 5, 1853

Lindsay, Chairman, &c. v. Dozier and others, (ante 275.) It is there decided that the bond of the sheriff, Dozier, did cover the tax laid for the benefit of the Common School fund in the county of Currituck. … The present action is brought on the official bond of the defendant Lindsay, as a former Chairman of the Board of Superintendents of the Common Schools in Currituck county.