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  • Carolina-Virginia Coastal Highway v. Coastal Turnpike Authority

    237 N.C. 52 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 30, 1953

    In Idol v. … In S. v.

    Cited 60 timesPublished
  • Lowrie v. . Oxendine

    153 N.C. 267 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Oct 19, 1910

    Dodson v. McAdams, 96 N. C., 156 ; Young v. Herman, 97 N. C., 283 ; Stallings v. Ellis, 136 N. C., 69 ; Dunn v. Currie, 141 N. C., 123 ; Freeman v. Brown, 151 N. C., 113 . … Tbe general features of tbis ease are libe those of Freeman v. Brown, supra, and sufficiently so to bring it witbin tbe application of tbe principles therein stated.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • R. R. v. . Reid

    187 N.C. 320 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Feb 27, 1924

    Brodnax v. Groom , 64 N.C. 244 ; Jones v. Comrs. , 107 N.C. 248 ; Williams v. Comrs., supra; Herring v. Dixon, supra; R. R. v. Comrs. , 148 N.C. 220 , 240 ; Jackson v. Comrs. , 171 N.C. 379 , 382 ; Moose v. … Board etc. v. Stanley , 105 U.S. 405 ; 26 Law Ed., 1044 , 1050 . An examination will show that our own decisions are in accord with this principle. Johnson v. Winslow , 63 N.C. 552 ; S. v. Joyner , 81 N.C. 534 ; S. v.

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Layman Ex Rel. Layman v. Alexander

    343 F. Supp. 2d 483 · District Court, W.D. North Carolina · Nov 18, 2004

    Bd. of County Comm’rs v. Brown, 520 U.S. 397, 410 , 117 S.Ct. 1382 , 137 L.Ed.2d 626 (1997). … Farmer v. Brennan, 511 U.S. 825, 834, 837 , 114 S.Ct. 1970 , 128 L.Ed.2d 811 (1994); Brown v. Hams, 240 F.3d 383, 388-89 (4th Cir.2001).

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Gunter v. Anders

    115 N.C. App. 331 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jun 21, 1994

    However, as cited in our earlier opinion, in Clary v. … Based on Fields v. Board of Education, Clary v. Board of Education, and Presnell v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • State v. Aikens

    22 N.C. App. 310 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jul 3, 1974

    State v. Cameron, supra, at pp. 199-200 . State v. Cameron, supra, was followed by this Court in State v. Rush, 19 N.C. App. 109 , 197 S.E. 2d 891 (1973) ; and State v. Brown, 20 N.C. … In State v. Brown, supra, the defendant was indicted for unlawful distribution of codeine.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Parker v. Erixon

    123 N.C. App. 383 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Aug 6, 1996

    v. … Brown, 227 N.C. at 302 , 42 S.E.2d at 73 . The Supreme Court addressed the question of whether Brown was an independent contractor or an employee for workers’ compensation purposes.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • State v. Nixon

    117 N.C. App. 141 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Dec 6, 1994

    State v. Lynch, 327 N.C. 210, 224 , 393 S.E.2d 811, 819 (1990). … See State v. Patterson, 335 N.C. 437 , 439 S.E.2d 578 (1994).

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Turner v. Turner

    261 N.C. 472 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Mar 18, 1964

    She alleged (1) the defendant Turner was negligent in that he entered the arterial highway from a stop street without ascertaining the movement could be made in safety, and (2) the defendants Thompson and the Board of School … Riddle v. Artis, 243 N.C. 668 , 91 S.E. 2d 894 ; Tillman v. Bellamy, 242 N.C. 201 , 87 S.E. 2d 253 .

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Freeman v. . Comrs. of Madison

    217 N.C. 209 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Feb 28, 1940

    The power of the Legislature to create highway commissions to take over the duties of the boards of county commissioners is well recognized. Comrs. v. Bank , 181 N.C. 347 , 107 S.E. 245 ; Ellis v. … S. v. Jennette , 190 N.C. 96 , 129 S.E. 184 . It was said in Jones v.

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Bachelor v. . Norris

    166 N.C. 506 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Sep 16, 1914

    (Hall v. Walker, 118 N. C., 377 ; Brown v. Brown, 121 N. C., 8 ; Finger v. Hunter, 130 N. … Farmer v. Batts, 83 N. C., 387 ; Perry v. Scott, 109 N. C., 374 ; Johnson v. Manufacturing Co., 165 N. C., 106 . The term, “binding the lands,” it is true, is equivalent to the call for another tract (Allen v.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Harleysville Ins. v. Buzz Off Insect

    676 S.E.2d 904 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Apr 30, 2009

    676 S.E.2d 904 (2009) HARLEYSVILLE INS. v. BUZZ OFF INSECT. No. 272A08. Supreme Court of North Carolina. April 30, 2009. David L. Brown, John I. Malone, Jr., Martha P. Brown, Greensboro, Jeremy A.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Waters v. Biesecker

    60 N.C. App. 253 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Jan 4, 1983

    Sides v. Hospital, 287 N.C. 14 , 213 S.E. 2d 297 (1975); Koontz v. City of *255 Winston-Salem, 280 N.C. 513 , 186 S.E. 2d 897 (1972), pet. for reh. denied, 281 N.C. 516 (1972); and Casey v. Wake County, 45 N.C. … The Board can be, and was, sued in its own name. No notice to the Board was required in this case.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Lannan v. Bd. of Governors of the Univ. of N.C.

    Supreme Court of North Carolina · Mar 21, 2025

    In support of its position, the Board cites Tilghman v. West of New Bern Volunteer Fire Department, 32 N.C. App. 767 -12- LANNAN V. BD. … V, § 7(1).

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • State Ex Rel. Barnhill v. Thompson

    122 N.C. 493 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Apr 5, 1898

    Groom proceeded to elect themselves members of the Board of Education for the county. The plaintiff institutes this action in the nature of quo warranto, which he may do (Hines v. Vann, 118 N. C., 3 ; Foard v. … S. v. Martwell, 6 Wallace, 385, 393; Eliason v. Coleman, 86 N. C., 235 . “A public office is an agency for the State.” Clark v. Stanley, 66 N. C., 59 .

    Cited 39 timesPublished
  • In re Hudson

    182 N.C. App. 499 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Apr 3, 2007

    Bradshaw v. McElroy, 62 N.C. App. 515, 516 , 302 S.E.2d 908, 910 (1983) (citing Lane v. Coe, 262 N.C. 8, 12 , 136 S.E.2d 269, 273 (1964)). … Instead, petitioner cites to Board of Transportation v. Pelletier, 38 N.C.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Burnette Industries, Inc. v. Danbar of Winston-Salem, Inc.

    80 N.C. App. 318 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Apr 15, 1986

    Nevertheless, the plaintiff argues that in Barnaby v. Boardman, supra, our *321 Supreme Court said that Brown v. … This statement in Barnaby v. Boardman, supra, is contained in a footnote. As pointed out in the dissent in Barnaby it was not/ necessary to overrule Brown for the Court to reach its decision.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Nantz v. Employment Security Commission

    28 N.C. App. 626 · Court of Appeals of North Carolina · Mar 3, 1976

    In Board of *629 Regents v. … First-Citizens Bank and Trust Company v. Camp, 409 F. 2d 1086 (4th Cir. 1969). The trial court correctly dismissed the action against the State Personnel Board.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Feezor v. Siceloff

    232 N.C. 563 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Nov 1, 1950

    A county board of education has the authority “to consolidate schools located in the same district, and, with the approval of the State Board of Education, to consolidate school districts, over which the board has full control … G.S. 115-84 and 85; Atkins v. McAden, 229 N.C. 752 , 51 S.E. 2d 484 ; Board of Education v. Pegram, 197 N.C. 33 , 147 S.E. 622 ; Board of Education v. Forrest, 190 N.C. 753 , 130 S.E. 621 ; School Commissioners v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Lovett v. Stone

    239 N.C. 206 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 15, 1954

    Brown, 123 N.C. 419 , 31 S.E. 877 ; Pearle v. Folsom, 2 N.C. 413 . … Caviness, 193 N.C. 311 , 136 S.E. 705 ; McGehee v. McGehee, *213 189 N.C. 558 , 127 S.E. 684 ; Royal v. Moore, 187 N.C. 379 , 121 S.E. 666 ; Brown v. Brown, 180 N.C. 433 , 104 S.E. 889 ; Elmore v.

    Cited 26 timesPublished

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