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  • Guthrie v. Taylor

    279 N.C. 703 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 15, 1971

    City of Charlotte, 273 N.C. 293 , 160 S.E. 2d 18 ; Motley *714 v. Board of Barber Examiners, 228 N.C. 337 , 45 S.E. 2d 550 , 175 A.L.R. 253 ; State v. Trantham, 230 N.C. 641 , 55 S.E. 2d 198 . … Cheek v. City of Charlotte, supra; State v. Trantham, supra.

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • In Re the Assessment of Additional Sales & Use Taxes Against Halifax Paper Co.

    259 N.C. 589 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 14, 1963

    Power Co. v. Bowles, 229 N.C. 143 , 48 S.E. 2d 287 ; McLean v. Board of Elections, 222 N.C. 6 , 21 S.E. 2d 842 . … Cab Co. v.. Charlotte, supra.

    Cited 52 timesPublished
  • Fuller v. . Lockhart

    209 N.C. 61 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 11, 1935

    Lacy v. Bank, 183 N. C., 373 ; Lovelace v. Pratt, 187 N. C., 686 ; Frazier v. Commissioners, 194 N. C., 49 ; Hall v. Commissioners of Duplin, 194 N. C., 768 .” Elliott v. Board of Equalization, 203 N. C., 749 . … Clark v. McQueen, 195 N. C., 714 (716); Crabtree v. Board of Education, 199 N. C., 645 (650).

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Wiggs v. Edgecombe County

    179 N.C. App. 47 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Aug 1, 2006

    Edgecombe County and Edgecombe County Board of Commissioners (“defendants”) appeal an order granting summary judgment in favor of Jerry Wiggs (“plaintiff”) on plaintiff’s claims for declaratory and injunctive relief, denying … Bowers v. City of High Point, 339 N.C. 413, 415 , 451 S.E.2d 284, 286 (1994). N.C. Gen.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • George v. McClure

    266 F. Supp. 2d 413 · District Court, M.D. North Carolina · Jun 5, 2001

    Cunningham v. Brown, 51 N.C.App. 264, 270 , 276 S.E.2d 718, 724 (1981). Further, “a release is subject to avoidance by a showing that its execution resulted from fraud or mutual mistake.” Sykes v. … Keiltex Indus., Inc., 123 N.C.App. 482, 485 , 473 S.E.2d 341, 344 (1996) (citing Cunningham v. Brown, 51 N.CApp. at 269, 276 S.E.2d at 723 ).

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • State v. Harris

    290 N.C. 681 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 5, 1976

    The substance of defendant’s statement was that defendant, Phyllis Brown and David Briggs planned to rob Mr. … This instruction required the jury to determine whether or not Phyllis Brown as an accomplice.

    Cited 96 timesPublished
  • Ripellino v. North Carolina School Boards Ass'n

    158 N.C. App. 423 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jun 17, 2003

    (citing Messick v. Catawba County, 110 N.C. … We find the rational in Long persuasive, and hold that the Board, as a governmental entity, is immune from punitive damages. V.

    Cited 26 timesPublished
  • Fleming v. . Congleton

    177 N.C. 186 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Mar 12, 1919

    Mason v. Durham, 175 N. C., 641 , approved in Keener v. Asheville, ante, 1. … Whittier v. Collins, 15 R. I., 90; Bacon v. Moody, 117 Ga., 207 ; Austen v. Decker, 109 Iowa, 109 ; Black v. Miller, 75 Mich., 323 .”

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • State v. Hopper

    186 N.C. 405 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Nov 7, 1923

    C., 826 ; *411 S. v. Ferguson, 107 N. C., 841 . See cases cited in S. v. Johnson, 182 N. C., 888 . Hardin v. Davis, 183 N. C., 47 . Walker, J., in S. v. … This kind, of testimony was objected to in S. v. O’Higgins, supra, and Brown, J., said: “The evidence that the defendant abandoned his motherless children in order to elope with Mrs.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • North Carolina v. Department of Health, Education & Welfare

    480 F. Supp. 929 · District Court, E.D. North Carolina · Jun 8, 1979

    Its statutory authority for doing so is 42 U.S.C. § 2000d-5, as discussed in Board of Public Instruction of Palm Beach County v. Cohen, 413 F.2d 1201 (5th Cir. 1969), and Taylor v. Cohen, supra at 280 n. 5. Wilbert A. … A panel of scholars assembled by the National Academy of Education at HEW’s request was apparently unable to agree on the meaning of Brown v. Board of Education or on its implementation in public school desegregation.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • State v. Downs

    193 N.C. App. 247 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Oct 7, 2008

    Brown to bill customers for charges made to the customers' accounts. … Brown to Edenton Construction's account, and that pursuant to State v. Valladares, 182 N.C.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Charlotte Park & Recreation Commission v. Barringer

    242 N.C. 311 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jun 30, 1955

    In Brown v. … Collette v. Town of Charlotte, supra; First Universalist Society v. Boland, supra; Brown v. Independent Baptist Church of Woburn, supra; Copenhaver v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • Lowman v. City of Asheville

    229 N.C. 247 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Sep 22, 1948

    Brown v. Hall, 226 N. C., 732 , 40 S.E. (2d), 412 ; Cody v. Hovey, 219 N. C., 369 , 14 S. E. (2d), 30 ; Wolf v. Goldstein, 192 N. C., 818 , 135 S. E., 39 ; Hensley v. Furniture Co., 164 N. C., 148 , 80 S. E., 154 . … Cody v. Iiovey, supra: Brown v. Hall, supra. Even so, we know of no reason wiry the defendant, if it so desires, may not apply for a bill of particulars, as provided in G. S., 1-150. Building Co. v. Jones, 227 N.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Frank v. Savage

    205 N.C. App. 183 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jul 6, 2010

    See Knight v. Higgs, 189 N.C. App. 696, 704 , 659 S.E.2d 742, 748 (2008) (holding that- County Board of Elections violated the Open Meetings Law); H.B.S. Contractors v. Cumberland County Bd. of Education, 122 N.C. … See Anderson v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Stancil v. Bruce Stancil Refrigeration, Inc.

    81 N.C. App. 567 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jul 1, 1986

    Williams v. Pilot Life Insurance Company, 288 N.C. 338 , 218 S.E. 2d 368 (1975). … Brown v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Bd. of Education, 269 N.C. 667 , 153 S.E. 2d 335 (1967). The right of cumulative voting in an election of corporate directors is granted by G.S. 55-67(c).

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Commissioners v. . Trust Co.

    143 N.C. 110 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Nov 21, 1906

    State v. Deliesseline, 10 S. C., 52. … State v. McBride, 4 Mo., 308 . See also Stanford v. Ellington, 77 N. C., 255.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Dunkley v. Shoemate

    121 N.C. App. 360 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jan 2, 1996

    Brown v. Lanier, 60 N.C. App. 575, 577 , 299 S.E.2d 279, 281 (1983) (citing Vernon v. Crist, 291 N.C. 646 , 231 S.E.2d 591 (1977)). … Nevertheless, in this case, we are bound by Brown v. Lanier and must deem the statute of limitations defenses as pled in avoidance.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • State v. Matias

    354 N.C. 549 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 18, 2001

    State v. Brown, 310 N.C. 563, 566 , 313 S.E.2d 585, 587 (1984). “[I]n a prosecution for possession of contraband materials, the prosecution is not required to prove actual physical possession of the materials.” State v. … Davis, 325 N.C. at 697 , 386 S.E.2d at 190 ; sée also Brown, 310 N.C. at 569 , 313 S.E.2d at 588-89 .

    Cited 76 timesPublished
  • Dixon v. . Pender

    188 N.C. 792 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Dec 19, 1924

    Brown, and bad several children born of tbe marriage, and defendants, since tbe death of Annie Brown, their mother, are and have been in possession of tbe property under decrees of court and deeds by virtue of which they … Allen v. Parker, supra; Noble v. Williams, 167 N. C., p. 112; Poisson v. Pettaway, 159 N. C., p. 650; Watson v. Sullivan, 153 N. C., p. 246; Paul v. Carter, 153 N. C., p. 26; Little v. Buie, 58 N. C., p. 10; Dozier v.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Singer Manufacturing Co. v. Gray

    121 N.C. 168 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Sep 5, 1897

    .: The plaintiff, through its agent Brown, delivered to the defendant a sewing machine, under a written contract, which plaintiff calls a lease on the instalment plan — so much to be paid at the time of delivery and then … C., 377 ; Crinkley v. Egerton, 113 N. C., 444 ; Clark v. Hill, 117 N. C., 11 ; Barrington v. Skinner, Ibid, 47; and would be a conditional sale.

    Cited 9 timesPublished

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