Case law

State Ex Rel. Grimsley v. Buchanan

64 N.C. App. 367 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Oct 4, 1983

G.S. 1A-1, Rule 56(c); see also Singleton v. Stewart, 280 N.C. 460, 464 , 186 S.E. 2d 400, 403 (1972); Carr v. Carbon Corp., 49 N.C. … Snow v.

Cole v. City of Asheville

2 N.C. App. 652 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Oct 23, 1968

Smith, 239 N.C. 138 , 79 S.E. 2d 486 ; municipal parks and recreational facilities, Purser v. Ledbetter, 227 N.C. 1 , 40 S.E. 2d 702 , support and maintenance of James Walker Memorial Hospital, Board of Managers v. … Board of Aldermen, 200 N.C. 30 , 156 S.E. 241 ; Nash v. Monroe, 198 N.C. 306 , 151 S.E. 634 , a public library, Westbrook v. Southern Pines, 215 N.C. 20 , 1 S.E. 2d 95 ; Jamison v.

State v. Roberson

29 N.C. App. 152 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Apr 7, 1976

See, State v. Walker, 25 N.C. App. 157 , 212 S.E. 2d 528 (1975) ; cert. denied, 287 N.C. 264 , 214 S.E. 2d 436 (1975). … State v. Walker, supra. This assignment of error has no merit.

In re A.K.

178 N.C. App. 727 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Aug 1, 2006

Cynthia Brown suspected abuse. Dr. Ellen Boyd believed that OI possibly explained the fractures. … Tucker v. Frinzi, 344 N.C. 411 , 414 474 S.E.2d 127 , 128 (1996).

Mason v. Freeman

188 N.C. App. 165 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jan 15, 2008

(quoting Surles v. Surles, 113 N.C. App. 32, 37 , 437 S.E.2d 661, 663 (1993)). "The decision of the trial court should not be upset on appeal absent a clear showing of abuse of discretion." Browning v. Helff, 136 N.C. … However, the trial court's conclusions of law are reviewable de novo. " Browning, 136 N.C. App. at 423 , 524 S.E.2d at 97 -98 (citing Hunt v. Hunt, 85 N.C. App. 484 , 355 S.E.2d 519 (1987); Wright v.

Lineberger v. North Carolina Department of Correction

189 N.C. App. 1 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Mar 4, 2008

I cannot reconcile defendants’ reasoning with Stonestreet or Brown. See also State v. … See State v.

Skvarla v. Park

62 N.C. App. 482 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jun 7, 1983

Miller v. Teer, 220 N.C. 605 , 18 S.E. 2d 173 (1942). … Wilson County Board of Education v. Lamm, 276 N.C. 487 , 173 S.E. 2d 281 (1970); Mizzell v. Ewell, 27 N.C. App. 507 , 219 S.E. 2d 513 (1975).

Shreve v. Combs

54 N.C. App. 18 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Oct 6, 1981

Brown v. Griffin, 263 N.C. 61, 65 , 138 S.E. 2d 823, 826 (1964). Plaintiffs were the interested parties here, and by making the motion they assented to the reduction. … Russell v. Hamlett, 261 N.C. 603, 605 , 135 S.E. 2d 547, 549 (1964). “The judgment should . . . follow the verdict.” Brown, 263 N.C. at 65 , 138 S.E. 2d at 826 .

State v. Cass

55 N.C. App. 291 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jan 5, 1982

Dunaway v. New York, 442 U.S. 200 , 60 L.Ed. 2d 824 , 99 S.Ct. 2248 (1979); Brown v. Illinois, 422 U.S. 590 , 45 L.Ed. 2d 416 , 95 S.Ct. 2254 (1975); Davis v. … The Davis, Brown, and Dunaway line of cases does not require exclusion of defendant’s statements, however, because defendant was never “seized” within the meaning of the fourth amendment.

State v. Setzer

166 N.C. App. 518 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Oct 5, 2004

State v. Brown, 310 N.C. 563 , 566, 313 S.E.2d 585 , 587 (1984). Contradictions and discrepancies in the evidence are to be disregarded and left for resolution by a jury. State v. … State v. White, 307 N.C. 42 , 49, 296 S.E.2d 267 , 271 (1982).

Casey v. Wake County

45 N.C. App. 522 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Mar 4, 1980

Local boards of health are the policy making bodies which make “rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as are necessary to protect and advance the public health.” G.S. 13047(b). … McCombs v. City of Asheboro, 6 N.C.

State v. Cunningham

108 N.C. App. 185 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Dec 15, 1992

See N.C.G.S. § 15A-903 (1988), Official Commentary; see also State v. Brown, 306 N.C. 151, 163 , 293 S.E.2d 569, 578 , cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1080 , 74 L. … State v. Brewer, 89 N.C.

Fowler v. Johnson

18 N.C. App. 707 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jul 25, 1973

At trial respondents proceeded under the theory that Cora Johnson adversely possessed the land in question for Lewis Brown, holding the property adversely to other cotenants, but in subordination to Lewis Brown. … In this case, there is evidence — introduced as relevant to the stipulated issue of Lewis Brown’s adverse possession— which would support the proffered amendment alleging that Cora Brown adversely possessed the property for

Price v. Price

56 N.C. App. 810 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Apr 20, 1982

Painter v. Board of Education, 288 N.C. 165, 173 , 217 S.E. 2d 650, 655 (1975). The court in Painter, 288 N.C. at 173 , 217 S.E. 2d 655 went on to quote from Gibbs v.

Hollin v. Johnston County Council on Aging

181 N.C. App. 77 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jan 2, 2007

See, e.g., Olsten Kimberly Quality Care v. Pettey, 944 S.W.2d 524, 527 (Ark. 1997); Smith v. Workmen’s Compensation Appeals Board, 447 P.2d 365, 373 (Cal. 1968); Whale Communications v. Osborn, 759 P.2d 848, 848 (Colo. … Defendant argues that this Court’s decision in Franklin v. Board of Education, 29 N.C.

Groves v. Community Housing Corp. of Haywood County

144 N.C. App. 79 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jun 5, 2001

See May v. City of Durham, 136 N.C. App. 578 , 525 S.E.2d 223 (2000); Bledsoe v. County of Wilkes, 135 N.C. App. 124 , 519 S.E.2d 316 (1999); Steingress v. Steingress, 350 N.C. 64 , 511 S.E.2d 298 (1999). … P. 10 (2001); Vernon, Vernon, Wooten, Brown & Andrews v. Miller, 73 N.C. App. 295 , 326 S.E.2d 316 (1985); Ellis v. Williams, 319 N.C. 413 , 355 S.E.2d 479 (1987).

Fairview Developers, Inc. v. Miller

187 N.C. App. 168 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Nov 6, 2007

Summey v. Barker, 357 N.C. 492, 496 , 586 S.E.2d 247, 249 (2003). “If the granting of summary judgment can be sustained on any grounds, it should be affirmed on appeal.” Shore v. … Brown, 324 N.C. 427, 428 , 378 S.E.2d 778, 779 (1989). B. Contract Interpretation Plaintiffs argue the language of the contract is ambiguous and its interpretation is a question of fact for a jury. We disagree.

Advance Publications, Inc. v. City of Elizabeth City

53 N.C. App. 504 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Aug 18, 1981

Klein v. Board of Tax Supervisors, 282 U.S. 19, 24 , 75 L.Ed. 140, 143 , 51 S.Ct. 15, 16 (1930) (emphasis supplied). … Peele v. Finch, 284 N.C. 375, 382 , 200 S.E. 2d 635, 640 (1973). Further, “[g]ood public policy is said to require liberality in the right to examine public records.” 66 Am.

Home Builders Ass'n of Fayetteville North Carolina Inc. v. City of Fayetteville

170 N.C. App. 625 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jun 7, 2005

Taylor v. Abernethy, 149 N.C. App. 263, 268 , 560 S.E.2d 233, 236 (2002), disc. review denied, 356 N.C. 695 , 579 S.E.2d 102 (2003). … (quoting White v. White, 312 N.C. 770, 777 , 324 S.E.2d 829, 833 (1985)).

Durham v. Britt

117 N.C. App. 250 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Dec 6, 1994

The subdivision plat was approved by the Planning Board in December 1990 and subsequently recorded. … Baucoyn’s Nursery Co. v. Mecklenburg Co., 62 N.C. App. 396, 398 , 303 S.E.2d 236, 238 (1983).