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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 .
Cited 9 timesPublished130 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.
Cited 27 timesPublished298 N.C. 268 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 3, 1979
Mortgage Co. v. Real Estate, Inc., 297 N.C. 696 , 256 S.E. 2d 688 (1979); Townsend v. Railway Co., 296 N.C. 246 , 249 S.E. 2d 801 (1978); Sharpe v. Pugh, 286 N.C. 209 , 209 S.E. 2d 456 (1974); State v. … Smith, 243 N.C. 172 , 90 S.E. 2d 328 (1955); James v. Rogers, 231 N.C. 668 , 58 S.E. 2d 640 (1950); Parsons v. Board of Education, 200 N.C. 88 , 156 S.E. 244 (1930); Hillsboro v.
Cited 8 timesPublished177 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.
Cited 7 timesPublishedSupreme 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.
Cited 0 timesPublished179 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.
Cited 16 timesPublished137 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.
Cited 5 timesPublished6 N.C. 272 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 15, 1813
But it is said a trustee shall not become a purchaser» and the case^ of (Fox v. Mockroth, 2 Brown Ch. Rep. 400, Forbes v. Ross, Ibid. 430— Whichcote v. Lawrence, 3 Vesey jun. 740, and Campbell v. Walker, 5. … In thé pase of Forbes v.
Cited 0 timesPublished257 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.
Cited 23 timesPublishedLeaksville-Spray Institute v. Mebane
165 N.C. 644 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 27, 1914
AlleN, I., after stating the case: The authorities fully support the charge of his Honor: Brown v. Ray, 32 N. C., 13 ; Faust v. Faust, 144 N. C., 386 ; Kirkman v. Hodgin, 151 N. C., 591 . … In Hamer v. Sidway, 124 N. Y., 538 (21 A. S.
Cited 25 timesPublished301 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 .
Cited 36 timesPublished270 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.
Cited 6 timesPublished239 N.C. 672 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Mar 17, 1954
v. … Powell v. Hill, 64 N.C. 169 . See also Blakely v. Patrick, 67 N.C. 40 ; Ins. Co. v. Davis, 68 N.C. 17 ; Grim v. Wicker, 80 N.C. 343 ; Strauss v. Crawford, 89 N.C. 149 ; Shearin v. Riggsbee, 97 N.C. 216 , 1 S.E. 770 .
Cited 5 timesPublished172 N.C. 156 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 4, 1916
Ed. to Thompson v. R. R., 147 N. C., 412 , especially Barringer v. Deal, 164 N. C., 249 , and cases cited, and Porter v. Lumber Co., 164 N. … This is familiar law, and it is clearly so stated by Brown, J., Fortune v. Hunt, 149 N. C., 362 , citing numerous cases. No error.
Cited 13 timesPublishedJackson v. Royall & Borden Manufacturing Co.
195 N.C. 18 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 31, 1928
Hoke, J., in Howard v. Oil Co., 174 N. C., 651 . … J., in Holton v. Lumber Co., 152 N. C., 68 .
Cited 1 timesPublished56 N.C. 306 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 5, 1857
A similar question to that now under consideration, was presented in the case of Miller v. Cherry, ante 23. … Brown, Jesse Thorn-berg, John Branson, and A. S. Horney ; it is a debt made to raise money for the said company; and the makers made it for the sole and exclusive use of the said company.
Cited 0 timesPublished224 N.C. 751 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 13, 1944
See Setzer v. Setzer, 129 N. O., 296, 40 S. E., 62 ; Sanders v. Sanders, 167 N. C., 317 , 83 S. E., 489 ; Story v. Story, 221 N. C., 114 , 19 S. E. (2d), 136 . … Setzer v. Setzer, supra; Sanders v. Sanders, supra; and Story v. Story, supra. The welfare of the child is the paramount consideration, or, as stated In re Lewis, 88 N.
Cited 9 timesPublished55 N.C. 455 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Aug 5, 1856
In Evans v. … The cases of Fentress v. Robbins , 4 N.C. 177 , Peagram v. King , 2 Hawks. Rep. 295, Ibid. 605. Deaver v. Erwin , 42 N.C. 250 , Dyche v.
Cited 0 timesPublished369 N.C. 190 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 8, 2016
Cited 0 timesPublished306 N.C. 629 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 5, 1982
Defendant made three phone calls, one of which was to Cassandra’s aunt, Martha Brown, who came to the doughnut shop to pick up Cassandra. … In Shankle v.
Overruled in part, on other grounds by State v. Collins, 334 N.C. 54 (1993)Cited 93 timesPublished
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