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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.
Cited 0 timesPublished217 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).
Cited 28 timesPublished237 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 timesPublished218 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 .
Cited 12 timesPublished159 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 .
Cited 27 timesPublishedState 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.
Cited 0 timesPublishedBuckman 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 .
Cited 11 timesPublished126 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 .
Cited 26 timesPublished355 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.
Cited 90 timesPublished217 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 timesPublishedEmory 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
Cited 0 timesPublished206 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 .
Cited 41 timesPublished718 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.
Cited 0 timesPublishedIn 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 timesPublishedCONTINENTAL 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 timesPublished153 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.
Cited 0 timesPublished214 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.
Cited 14 timesPublished264 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 timesPublished223 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 timesPublished153 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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