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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 timesPublishedIn 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 timesPublished209 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 timesPublished179 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 timesPublished266 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 timesPublished290 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 timesPublishedRipellino 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 timesPublished177 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 timesPublished186 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 timesPublishedNorth 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 timesPublished193 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 timesPublishedCharlotte 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 timesPublished229 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 timesPublished205 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 timesPublishedStancil 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 timesPublished143 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 timesPublished121 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 timesPublished354 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 timesPublished188 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 timesPublishedSinger 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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