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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 timesPublished153 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 timesPublished187 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 timesPublishedLayman 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 timesPublished115 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 timesPublished22 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 timesPublished123 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 timesPublished117 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 timesPublished261 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 timesPublishedFreeman 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 timesPublished166 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 timesPublishedHarleysville 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 timesPublished60 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 timesPublishedLannan 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 timesPublishedState 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 timesPublished182 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 timesPublishedBurnette 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 timesPublishedNantz 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 timesPublished232 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 timesPublished239 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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