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353 N.C. 1 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 21, 2000
See State v. Leroux, 326 N.C. 368, 378 , 390 S.E.2d 314, 322 , cert. denied, 498 U.S. 871 , 112 L. Ed. 2d *45 155 (1990); Brown, 320 N.C. at 191 , 358 S.E.2d at 11 ; State v. … State v. Brown, 327 N.C. 1, 20 , 394 S.E.2d 434, 446 (1990).
Cited 39 timesPublishedBradshaw v. Hilton Lumber Co .
172 N.C. 219 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 11, 1916
BrowN, J. The plaintiff seeks to recover damages for cutting pine timber on his lands of a size smaller than 12 inches in diameter. … Driller Co. v. Worth, 117 N. C., 515 ; Ogden v. Land Co., 146 N. C., 443 . 2.
Cited 4 timesPublished32 N.C. 230 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Aug 5, 1849
The contrary, however, is supposed to be established by the cases of Crumpler v. Governor , 12 N.C. 52 , and Governor v. Barr, ib. , 65, and Governor v. … Cited: Lindsey v. Dozier , 44 N.C. 277 ; Prince v. McNeill , 77 N.C. 400 , 23; Wilmington v. Nutt , 80 N.C. 267 , 9; County Board v. Bateman , 102 N.C. 54 ; Daniel v. Grizzard , 117 N.C. 110 .
Cited 0 timesPublished13 N.C. 90 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 5, 1829
Cited: Hite v. Goodman , 21 N.C. 365 ; Sellers v. Streator , 50 N.C. 262 ; Brown v. Bostian , 51 N.C. 3 ; Fisher v. Pender , 52 N.C. 486 ; Bryson v. Lucas , 84 N.C. 683 ; Burwell v. Linthicum , 100 N.C. 148 ; Russell v. … Koonce , 104 N.C. 241 ; LeRoy v. Jacobosky , 136 N.C. 448 .
Cited 5 timesPublishedDen Ex Dem. Southerland v. Cox
14 N.C. 394 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 5, 1832
Brown, Cro. J. 590. 1 Eq. ca. Ab. 187.) … (Han bury v. Cockerell. Fearne 396.)
Cited 4 timesPublished321 N.C. 301 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Feb 3, 1988
State v. Brown, 315 N.C. 40, 55 , 337 S.E. 2d 808, 820 (1985), cert. denied,- -- U.S. ---, 90 L.Ed. 2d 733 (1986). … State v. Brown, 320 N.C. 179 , 358 S.E. 2d 1 (1987). We decline to overrule our recent holding in Brown. Second, the defendant requests that we reject our holding in State v.
Vacated on other grounds by Shirk v. McLaughlin, 488 U.S. 806 (1988)Cited 89 timesPublished220 N.C. 214 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 29, 1941
Johnson v. Watts, supra; Thomas v. Kelly, supra; Feimster v. McRorie, supra; Newlin v. Osborne, supra; Christenbury v. King, supra; Ryan v. Martin, supra; McCoy v. Lumber Co., supra; Bryan v. … C., 193 ; “a tract of land in said County of Guilford on the waters of ‘Stinking Quarter,’ adjoining the lands.of which Brown died seized and possessed,” Brown v. Coble, 76 N.
Cited 18 timesPublishedWoodruff v. Piedmont Trust Co.
173 N.C. 546 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 16, 1917
In Browne on Statute of Frauds (5 Ed.), 469; sec. 346, it is said that “The return of the sheriff upon an execution, however informal, is a sufficient writing within the statute of frauds,” citing Nichols v. … In Ruckle v.
Questioned by Stearns v. Woolard (In re Laughing-House), 51 B.R. 869 (1985)Cited 6 timesPublished200 N.C. 321 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 27, 1931
Eubanks v. Becton, 158 N. C., 231 ; Brown v. Jennings, 188 N. C., 155 . All the parties to the contract are entitled to have the same carried out as written. In Stevens v. Turlington, 186 N. … In Sullivan v. Kuolt, 145 N.
Cited 8 timesPublished219 N.C. 626 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 21, 1941
Long v. Guaranty Co., 178 N. C., 503 , 101 S. E., 11 ; Sills v. Ford, 171 N. C., 733 , 88 S. E., 636 . … Bernhardt v. Brown, 118 N. C., 701 , 24 S. E., 527 . Except as thus modified, the judgment of the Superior Court is Affirmed.
Cited 0 timesPublished22 N.C. 10 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 5, 1838
Cited: Dunn v. Moore, 38 N.C. 367 ; Devereux v. Burgwyn, 40 N.C. 355 ; Chambers v. Massey, 42 N.C. 289 ; Plummer v. Owens, 45 N.C. 255 ; Love v. Neilson, 54 N.C. 341 ; Thomas v. Kyles, ibid., 306; Rives v. … Dudley, 56 N.C. 137 ; Capps v. Holt, 58 N.C. 155 ; Pope v. Whitehead, ibid., 199; Sain v. Dulin, 59 N.C. 197 ; Foust v. Shoffner. 62 N.C. 243 ; Barnes v. Brown, 71 N.C. 512 ; Potter v. Madre, 74 N.C. 41 ; Long v.
Cited 0 timesPublished113 N.C. 249 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Sep 5, 1893
Commissioners v. Murray, 2 Vir. Cases, 504; Bridgers v. Ridgley, 2 Litt. (Ky.), 395. … Sumner v. Sessoms, 94 N. C., 371 ; Doyle v. Brown, 72 N. C., 393 , and numerous other decisions in our Reports.
Cited 10 timesPublishedSJ GROVES & SONS & COMPANY v. State
302 N.C. 396 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Apr 7, 1981
GORVES AND SONS AND COMPANY v. STATE of North Carolina and the North Carolina Board of Transportation. Supreme Court of North Carolina. April 7, 1981. Eugene A. Smith, Senior Deputy Atty. Gen., Raleigh, J.
Cited 1 timesPublishedGrain Dealers Mutual Insurance v. Long
332 N.C. 477 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 1, 1992
Brown, Greensboro, for plaintiff appellant. WHICHARD, Justice. … I respectfully dissent for the reasons stated in my dissenting opinions in Bass v. N.C. Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co., 332 N.C. 109, 113 , 418 S.E.2d 221, 223 (1992), and Smith v. Nationwide Mutual Ins.
Cited 4 timesPublished38 N.C. 131 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 5, 1843
Avery v Rose, 4 Dev. 549 . Peiti land v Stewart, 4 Dev. & Bat. 386 . … Blynman v Brown & ux, 2 Vern. 232; Wilkin v Wilkin, 1 John. c. c. 111.
Cited 3 timesPublished115 N.C. 76 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Sep 5, 1894
McKee v. Wilson, 87 N. C., 300 , and cases there cited. … Brown v. Myers, 40 Ohio St., 99 ; 13 Am. and Eng. Enc. of Law, 387. To constitute actionable slander, the words must impute the commission of an infamous offence.
Cited 14 timesPublished209 N.C. 463 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Feb 26, 1936
In Allen v. Railway Co., 120 N. … Buie v. Brown, 104 N. C., 335 .” Ins. Co. v. Griffin, 200 N. C., 251 (255).
Cited 11 timesPublished175 N.C. 406 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Apr 17, 1918
Halstead v. Mullen, 93 N. C., 252 ; Sullivan v. Blount, 165 N. C., 7 . Tbe motion to nonsuit was properly overruled. … Smith v. Tew, 127 N. C., 299 ; Bynum v. Thompson, 25 N. C., 579 .
Cited 5 timesPublishedIn re Inquiry Concerning a Judge, No. 257 Brown
356 N.C. 278 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 4, 2002
Brown (respondent) on 2 January 2001 that it had ordered a preliminary investigation to determine whether formal proceedings under Commission Rule 9 should be instituted against him. … The subject matter of the investigation included allegations that in the summer of 1998 respondent entered two orders ex parte dismissing the DWI charges against the defendant in State v.
Cited 7 timesPublished196 N.C. 275 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Nov 21, 1928
Earwood v. R. R., 192 N. C., 27 , 133 S. E., 180 ; Albritton v. Hill, 190 N. C., 429 , 130 S. E., 5 ; Graham, v. Charlotte, 186 N. C., 649 , 120 S. E., 466 . In Taylor v. Stewart, 172 N. C., 204 , 90 S. … See, also, Taylor v. Lumber Co., 173 N. C., 112 , 91 S. E., 719 .
Cited 2 timesPublished
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