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  • Advisory Opinion In re Sales-Tax Election of 1969

    275 N.C. 683 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Sep 25, 1969

    Chapter 1200 of the Session Laws of 1969 (H.B. 331) is an Act to amend the Constitution of North Carolina to revise Article V concerning State and local finance. … question submitted to the voters of the State at large by the State Board of Elections.

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  • Cox v. City of Kinston

    217 N.C. 391 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Apr 10, 1940

    S. v. Harris, 216 N. C., 746 . … E., 972 (dealing witb certiorari as a substitute for appeal from action of the board of county commissioners in refusing license to retail intoxicating liquors).

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  • White v. Price

    237 N.C. 347 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Mar 18, 1953

    Cotton Mills v. Maslin, 200 N.C. 328 , 156 S.E. 484 ; Brown v. Clement Co., 217 N.C. 47 , 6 S.E. 2d 842 ; Simmons v. Lee, 230 N.C. 216 , 53 S.E. 2d 79 ; Murphy v. Smith, 235 N.C. 455 , 70 S.E. 2d 697 . … Under the rule stated in Yow v. Hamilton, 136 N.C. 357 , 48 S.E. 824 , and Corbett v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Perry v. City of High Point

    218 N.C. 714 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 20, 1940

    Perry, > NOTICE OF CLAIM v. I City of High Point. … Graham v. Charlotte, 186 N. C., 649 ; Ivester v. Winston-Salem, 215 N. C., 1 .

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  • Pender v. . Speight

    159 N.C. 612 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Sep 25, 1912

    Brown, J. … Jur., sec. 1252; Drury v. Cross, 7 Wall., 299 ; Hill v. Lumber Co., 113 N. C., 172 ; Harvey’s Eights of Minority Stockholders, 13; and McIver v. Hardware Co., 144 N. C., 485 .

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  • State ex rel. Utilities Commission v. Council of Southern Greyhound Amalgamated Divisions

    271 N.C. 214 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jul 24, 1967

    In Walker v. … In Topping v.

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  • Buckman v. Commissioners of Beaufort

    80 N.C. 121 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 5, 1879

    If he fail to give bond and qualify as directed, the presiding officer of the board must immediately inform the judge of the judicial district in which the county lies, who shall thereupon declare a vacancy and fill it, and … We will refer to a single case in our own reports as illustrative of the poin t Grady v. Commissioners of Lenoir, 74 N. C., 101 .

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  • Glenn v. . Wray

    126 N.C. 730 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 29, 1900

    Bank v. Commissioners, 119 N. C., 214 ; Commissioners v. Snuggs, 121 N. C., 394 ; Mayo v. Commissioners, 122 N. C., 5 ; Rodman v. Washington, Ibid, 39; Charlotte v. Sheppard, Ibid, 602; Commissioners v. Call, 123 N. … Norment v. Charlotte, 85 N. C., 387 ; Duke v. Brown, 96 N. C., 127 ; Wood v. Oxford, 97 N. C., 227 ; Railroad v. Commissioners, 109 N. C., 159 .

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  • Stephenson v. Bartlett

    355 N.C. 354 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Apr 30, 2002

    Martin v. Board of Comm’rs of Wake Cty., 208 N.C. 354 , 365, 180 S.E. 777, 783 (1935). … Co. v. Board of Comm’rs of Weld Cty., 247 U.S. 282, 287 , 62 L. Ed. 1110, 1117 (1918); see also Harter v.

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  • McGuinn v. . High Point

    217 N.C. 449 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Apr 17, 1940

    Smith v. Ingram , 29 N.C. 175 ; S. v. Glen , 52 N.C. 321 ; Cornelius v. Glen, ib. , 512; Dunlap v. Light Co. , 212 N.C. 814 , 195 S.E. 43 ; U.S. v. Rio Grande Irr. Co. , 174 U.S. 690 ; U.S. v. … State Board of Education , 236 Ala. 400 , 183 So. 268 .

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Emory v. Gas Steamer "Clinton"

    187 N.C. 167 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Feb 20, 1924

    This case was before the Court in Emory v. Credle, 185 N. C., 3 . In that ease the Court held that, under section 4282, *168 U. S. … Revised Statutes, which, exempts the owner of any vessel from liability for loss or damage to any merchandise in being transported on his vessel by means of any fire occurring on board the vessel “unless such fire is caused

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  • Harrell v. . Welstead

    206 N.C. 817 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jul 11, 1934

    C., 375 ; Doyle v. Brown, 72 N. C., 393 . Speaking of the effect of a judgment rendered against a defendant who had never been served with summons, in McKee v. Angel, 90 N. … Stallings v. Gully, 48 N. C., 344 ; Armstrong v. Harshaw, 12 N. C., 187 ; Jennings v. Stafford, 23 N. C., 404 .

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  • Sanchez v. TOWN OF BEAUFORT

    718 S.E.2d 153 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 6, 2011

    SANCHEZ v. TOWN OF BEAUFORT, Beaufort Board of Adjustment, Beaufort Historic Preservation Commission, and Douglas E. Smith. No. 227P11. Supreme Court of North Carolina. October 6, 2011. Wesley A.

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  • In Re the Application for Reassignment of Albright

    278 N.C. 664 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 12, 1971

    Huskins v. Hospital, 23 8 N.C. 357 , 78 S.E. 2d 116 . … Huskins v. Hospital, supra; Board of Elders v. Jones, 273 N.C. 174 , 159 S.E. 2d 545 . Our consideration is confined to the legal validity of Judge Martin’s order.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY v. Funderburg

    264 N.C. 131 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Mar 24, 1965

    Fertilizer Co. v. Eason, 194 N.C. 244 , 139 S.E. 376 ; Brown v. Taylor, 174 N.C. 423 , 93 S.E. 982 ; Storm v. United States, 94 U.S. 76 , 24 L. Ed. 42 ; 17 Am. Jur. 2d 452.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Bushnell v. Bertolett

    153 N.C. 564 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 7, 1910

    Brown, J. Tbis action is brought for the purpose of charging the estate of the feme defendant with the sum of $330.75 for a breach of contract in refusing to take and pay for a lot of apple trees. … This is in conformity with a uniform line of decisions many in number beginning with Harris v. Jenkins, 72 N. C., 183 , and ending with Bank v. Benbow, 150 N. C., 782 . Reversed.

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  • Bryant v. . Carrier

    214 N.C. 191 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Sep 28, 1938

    Moore v. Horne, 153 N. C., 413 , 69 S. E., 409 ; Ballinger v. Rader, 153 N. C., 488 , 69 S. E., 491 ; Jewell v. Colby, 66 N. H., 399; 32 C. J., 751. … E., 72 ; McLeary v. Norment, 84 N.

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  • State v. Egerton

    264 N.C. 328 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Apr 28, 1965

    In State v. Bonner, 222 N.C. 344 , 23 S.E. 2d 45 ; State v. Norton, 222 N.C. 418 , 23 S.E. 2d 301 , and State v. Dyer, 239 N.C. 713 , 80 S.E. 2d 769 , separate trials were required. The parties were separately charged. … G.S. 15-41; State v. Brown, ante 191. The officers took the suspects to the police station and placed them in separate cells for interrogation.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • State v. . Friddle

    223 N.C. 258 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 2, 1943

    S. v. Spear, 164 N. C., 452 , 79 S. E., 869 ; S. v. Crisp, 188 N. C., 799 , 125 S. E., 529 . The same is true as to larceny. S. v. Arkle, 116 N. C., 1017 ; S. v. Holder, 188 N. C., 561 , 125 S. E., 113 . … Bowen v. Schnibben, 184 N. C., 248 , 114 S. E., 170 ; S. v. Bryant, 213 N. C., 752 , 197 S. E., 530 , and cases cited; Spencer v. Brown, 214 N. C., 114 , 198 S. E., 630 .

    Cited 38 timesPublished
  • Isley v. . Sellars

    153 N.C. 374 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Nov 10, 1910

    This ruling is sustained by the clear weight of authority. 21 Cyc., 1198; Miner v. Brown, 133 N. Y., 308 ; Hunt v. Blackburn, 128 N. S., 464; Hiles v. Fisher, 144 N. … Motley v. Whitemore, 19 N. C., 537 ; Long v. Barnes, 87 N. C., 329 ; Bruce v. Nicholson, 109 N. C., 204 ; Ray v. Long, 132 N. C., 891 .

    Cited 5 timesPublished

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