Case law

Builders Supplies Co. of Goldsboro, NC, Inc. v. Gainey

282 N.C. 261 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Nov 15, 1972

Justice Frankfurter in Brown v. Allen, 344 U.S. 443, 491 , 73 S.Ct. 397, 439 , 97 L.Ed. 469, 507 ; State v. Case, 268 N.C. 330 , 150 S.E. 2d 509 . … In Gas Co. v. Day, supra, and in Borders v.

Sircey v. Hans Rees' Sons

155 N.C. 296 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 24, 1911

Branch v. Walker, 92 N. C., 87 ; Griel v. Vernon, 65 N. C., 76 (Anno. Ed. and cases cited); Long v. Cole, 74 N. C., 267 ; Wynne v. Prarie, 86 N. C., 73 ; Taylor v. Pope, 106 N. … Brown v. Louisburg, 126 N. C., 701 ( 36 S. E., 166 ; 78 Am. St. Rep., 677 ); Burns v. Womble, 131 N. C., 173 ( 42 S. E., 573 ).” Por a general discussion of the liability of tort feasors, see Raleigh v. R. R., 129 N.

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.

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.

State v. Morgan

86 N.C. 732 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Feb 15, 1882

The following should have appeared among the authorities cited in the report of the case, to wit, Regina v. Brownlow, 39 Eng. Com. … Law Rep., 34, to the effect — A coroner’s inquisition on a dead body, found, that on a day and at a place named, the deceased being on board a steamer received a shock from the bursting of the boiler, and that boiling water

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.

State v. Alford

298 N.C. 465 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Nov 6, 1979

State v. Tatum, supra. … See Brown v. United States, 411 U.S. 223 , 36 L.Ed. 2d 208 , 93 S.Ct. 1565 (1973); Alderman v. United States, 394 U.S. 165 , 22 L.Ed. 2d 176 , 89 S.Ct. 961 (1969); United States 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.”

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.

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.

State v. Overman

257 N.C. 464 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 15, 1962

State v. Ray, 229 N.C. 40 , 47 S.E. 2d 494 . … State v. Brown, 226 N.C. 681 , 40 S.E. 2d 34 . The State could not assume any one of the foregoing facts.

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.

Turner v. Duke University

325 N.C. 152 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jul 26, 1989

Brown v. Federation of State Medical Boards of U.S., 830 F. 2d 1429 (7th Cir. 1987); *165 Zaldivar v. City of Los Angeles, 780 F. 2d 823 (9th Cir.). … Yet others use an “abuse of discretion” standard across the board. Thomas v. Capital Sec. Services, Inc., 836 F. 2d 866 (5th Cir. 1988); O’Connell v. Champion Intern. Corp., 812 F. 2d 393 (8th Cir. 1987); EBI, Inc. v.

Safrit v. Costlow

270 N.C. 680 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 20, 1967

Hospital v. Wilmington, 235 N.C. 597 , 70 S.E. 2d 833 , and cases cited; St. George v. Hanson, 239 N.C. 259 , 78 S.E. 2d 885 , and cases cited; Young v. Roberts, 252 N.C. 9 , 112 S.E. 2d 758 . … The function of a writ of mandamus, “when issued to compel a board or public official to perform a duty imposed by law,” is iden *685 tical with that of a mandatory injunction. Hospital v. Wilmington, supra.

Hice v. Hi-Mil, Inc.

301 N.C. 647 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 6, 1981

Isley v. Brown, 253 N.C. 791 , 117 S.E. 2d 821 (1961); Insurance Co. v. Lambeth, 250 N.C. 1 , 108 S.E. 2d 36 (1959); Perkins v. Perkins, 249 N.C. 152 , 105 S.E. 2d 663 (1958); Hege v. … Williamson v. Rabon, 177 N.C. 302, 306 , 98 S.E. 830, 832 (1919); accord, Isley v. Brown, 253 N.C. at 793 , 117 S.E. 2d at 823 .

Wool v. Town of Edenton

115 N.C. 10 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Sep 5, 1894

Wool v. Saunders, 108 N. C., 729 . … Bond v. Wool, supra.

Foot v. . Railroad

142 N.C. 51 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Sep 18, 1906

R. v. Bryan , 107 Ind. 51 ; Express Co. v. Brown , 67 Miss. 261 . … Cited: Stewart v. Lumber Co. , 146 N.C. 51 , 61 , 68 , 77 , 102 ; Jones v. R. R. , 150 N.C. 481 .

State v. . Hamby

126 N.C. 1066 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Apr 10, 1900

This follows the language of the statute, The Code, see. 1005; State v. McManus, 89 N. C., 555 ; State v. Brown, 125 N. C., 704 . … State v. Apple, 121 N. C., 584 ; State v. Haynie, 118 N. C., 1265 ; State v. Miller, 94 N. C., 904 ; State v. Pettie, 80 N. C., 367 .