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92 N.C. App. 680 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Feb 7, 1989
On 14 October 1983 the defendant in response to the action for divorce from bed and board filed a counterclaim for alimony. … Co. v.
Cited 15 timesPublishedCox v. Jefferson-Pilot Fire & Casualty Co.
80 N.C. App. 122 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Apr 1, 1986
However, under the test established by our Supreme Court in Stanback v. Stanback, 297 N.C. 181 , 254 S.E. 2d 611 (1979) and Dickens v. … Brown, 200 N.C. 296 , 156 S.E. 535 (1931); “mental incapacity” to enter a release, Ipock v.
Cited 12 timesPublishedSmith v. CENTRAL TRANSPORT & LIBERTY MUT. INS.
51 N.C. App. 316 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Apr 7, 1981
McCord, 232 N.C. 678 , 62 S.E. 2d 64 (1950); Brown v. Truck Lines, 227 N.C. 299 , 42 S.E. 2d 71 (1947). … Martin v. Georgia-Pacific Corp., supra; Clark v. Burton Lines, supra; Brewer v. Trucking Company, 256 N.C. 175 , 123 S.E. 2d 608 (1962); Jackson v. Creamery, 202 N.C. 196 , 162 S.E. 359 (1932). In Martin v.
Cited 14 timesPublished21 N.C. App. 265 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Apr 17, 1974
Dilday v. Board of Education, 267 N.C. 438 , 148 S.E. 2d 513 .
Cited 1 timesPublished157 N.C. App. 382 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · May 6, 2003
In re Peal, 305 N.C. 640, 645 , 290 S.E.2d 664, 667 (1982); Browning v. Helff, 136 N.C. App. 420, 423 , 524 S.E.2d 95, 97-98 (2000). … See Best v. Best, 81 N.C. App. 337 , 344 S.E.2d 363 (1986) (overruled on other grounds by Petersen v. Rogers 337 N.C. 392 , 445 S.E.2d 901 (1994)).
Cited 39 timesPublished132 N.C. App. 605 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Apr 6, 1999
See State v. Williams, 308 N.C. 47, 69 , 301 S.E.2d 335, 349 , cert. denied, 464 U.S. 865 , 78 L. Ed. 2d 177 (1983). Lesser included instructions are not to be given indiscriminately, see State v. … State v. Brown, 339 N.C. 426, 439 , 451 S.E.2d 181, 189 (1994), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 825 , 133 L. Ed. 2d 46 (1995). Accordingly, a second-degree murder instruction had no basis, and the jury was properly instructed.
Cited 0 timesPublished55 N.C. App. 646 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Feb 2, 1982
State v. Baxter, 285 N.C. 735, 737 , 208 S.E. 2d 696, 698 (1974). … State v. Phillips, 300 N.C. 678, 685 , 268 S.E. 2d 452, 457 (1980). See also State v. Riddick, 291 N.C. 399 , 230 S.E. 2d 506 (1976).
Cited 0 timesPublished97 N.C. App. 551 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Mar 20, 1990
In State v. Cook, 48 N.C. … State v. Brown, 310 N.C. 563, 568 , 313 S.E.2d 585, 588 (1984).
Cited 4 timesPublishedClifford v. River Bend Plantation, Inc.
55 N.C. App. 514 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Feb 2, 1982
Board of Transportation v. Rand, 299 N.C. 476 , 263 S.E. *522 2d 565 (1980); Investment Properties v. Norburn, 281 N.C. 191 , 188 S.E. 2d 342 (1972); Owens v. Harnett Transfer, 42 N.C. App. 532 , 257 S.E. 2d 136 (1979).
Cited 6 timesPublished59 N.C. App. 199 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Oct 19, 1982
Food Store v. Board of Alcoholic Control, 268 N.C. 624 , 151 S.E. 2d 582 (1966). In this case the legislature clearly intended the provisions of N.C. Gen. … State v. Legette, 292 N.C. 44, 58 , 231 S.E. 2d 896, 904 (1977).
Cited 10 timesPublished215 N.C. App. 252 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Sep 6, 2011
As part of that process, we view the evidence “ ‘in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party.’ ” Brown v. City of Winston-Salem, 171 N.C. App. 266, 270 , 614 S.E.2d 599, 602 (quoting Moore v. … See Little v.
Cited 16 timesPublished75 N.C. App. 49 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jun 4, 1985
Helms v. Rea, 282 N.C. 610 , 194 S.E. 2d 1 (1973). … Brown lot as recorded in Book 107 at page 362, and others. *55 This is a more detailed description of the location of an easement than that approved by our Supreme Court in Hensley v.
Cited 5 timesPublishedPYA/Monarch, Inc. v. Ray Lackey Enterprises, Inc.
96 N.C. App. 225 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Nov 7, 1989
Stanley Brown, Judge presiding in the General Court of Justice for Mecklenburg County. Neither W. Ray Lackey nor his attorney of record were present. … City Finance Co. v. Boykin, 86 N.C.
Cited 3 timesPublished149 N.C. App. 206 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Mar 5, 2002
Stat. § 15A-1340.16(c) (1999); State v. Brown, 146 N.C. App. 590, 594 , 553 S.E.2d 428, 431 (2001). This assignment of error is rejected. IV. … V.
Cited 3 timesPublishedCoastal Pine Solar, LLC v. Pender Cnty.
Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jun 17, 2026
See Innovative 55, LLC v. Robeson Cnty., 253 N.C. … COASTAL PINE SOLAR, LLC, V.
Cited 0 timesUnpublished78 N.C. App. 572 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Dec 31, 1985
Our Supreme Court, in State v. … As the Supreme Court noted in Bell v.
Cited 41 timesPublishedSanders P'ship, LLC v. City of Charlotte
Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jan 7, 2026
A board of adjustment acts as “a quasi-judicial” body and factfinder, Humble Oil & Refin. Co. v. … In reviewing an appeal from a board of adjustment, a superior court is without authority to “make additional findings.” Batch v. Town of Chapel Hill, 326 N.C. 1, 11, 387 S.E.2d 655, 662 (1990); Deffet Rentals, Inc. v.
Cited 0 timesUnpublished6 N.C. App. 572 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Nov 19, 1969
Deal v. Sanitary District, 245 N.C. 74 , 95 S.E. 2d 362 (1956); Dilday v. Board of Education, 267 N.C. 438 , 148 S.E. 2d 513 (1966). … Conference v. Creech and Teasley v. Creech and Miles, 256 N.C. 128 , 123 S.E. 2d 619 (1962). Costs usually follow a final judgment. Whaley v. Taxi Co., 252 N.C. 586 , 114 S.E. 2d 254 (1960).
Cited 11 timesPublished225 N.C. App. 685 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Mar 5, 2013
Shore v. Brown, 324 N.C. 427, 428 , 378 S.E.2d 778, 779 (1989). … However, in Peek v.
Reversed by Falk v. Fannie Mae, 367 N.C. 594 (2014)Cited 2 timesPublished193 N.C. App. 712 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Nov 18, 2008
However in State v. … See State v.
Cited 17 timesPublished
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