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  • Maddox v. Brown

    233 N.C. 519 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · May 2, 1951

    Both vehicles,— the motorcycle ridden by the intestate and the bus driven by the defendant Brown, — were traveling westerly toward Gastonia. … See Maddox v. Brown, supra ( 232 N.C. 542 , pp. 544 and 545).

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Marks

    45 Okla. 711 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Feb 23, 1915

    Harrison v. Penny, 28 Okla. 523 , 114 Pac. 734 ; Ft. Smith & W. R. Co. v. State Nat. Bank, 25 Okla. 128 , 105 Pac. 647 ; First Nat. Bank v. Daniels, 26 Okla. 383 , 108 Pac. 748 ; Cooper v. … Laws 1910, sec. 5244; Upton v. Am. Trust Co., 31 Okla. 456 , 122 Pac. 159 ; Ripey v. Art Wall Paper Mill, 27 Okla. 600 , 112 Pac. 1119 ; Hess v. Harrah v, 28 Okla. 627 , 115 Pac. 790 ; Harrison v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • People v. Brown

    924 N.W.2d 582 · Michigan Supreme Court · Apr 2, 2019

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  • Brown v. Storm

    4 Vt. 37 · Supreme Court of Vermont · Mar 15, 1831

    Storm having recovered in an action of ejectment against Brown, the latter has filed this declaration for betterments under the statute. … Harvill, supposed he purchased a title in fee : but if Dewey only purchased of Harvill his right under the contract which Harvill made with Storm, Brown cannot recover for those improvements ; — and that Brown cannot recover

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Brown v. State

    128 Fla. 762 · Supreme Court of Florida · Jul 1, 1937

    Brown, J., dissents. Mr. Justice Davis concurred in the foregoing opinion.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Bell

    58 Mich. 58 · Michigan Supreme Court · Sep 29, 1885

    On the 5th of April, 1857, Thomas Brown of Greenfield in the county of Wayne, made his last will, by the provisions of which he gave to his wife all his estate, both real and personal, for and during her life, with remainder … Brown, the proponent in this case, to whom he gave immediate possession of all the property.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Burrow

    171 Minn. 219 · Supreme Court of Minnesota · May 6, 1927

    The plaintiff Ida Brown claimed that, as she was walking across Sixth street going north on the westerly side of Sibley street in St. … In Storhaugen v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Brown v. State

    198 Ark. 920 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Oct 9, 1939

    In the case of Spurgeon v. State, 160 Ark. 112 , 254 S. … Dewein v. State, 114 Ark. 472 , 170 S. W. 582 .”

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Tourtelotte

    24 Colo. 204 · Supreme Court of Colorado · Apr 15, 1897

    To the same effect is the case of Lackland v. Smith, 75 Mo. 307 ; while in the subsequent case of Board of Trade v. … However, in its general features we think it is more like the case of Board of Trade v.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • Poff v. Brown

    374 Ark. 453 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · Oct 23, 2008

    Southern Farmers Ass’n v. Wyatt, 234 Ark. 649, 653 , 333 S.W.2d 531, 533 (1962); see also Clark v. … Wilson v. Brown, 320 Ark. 240 , 897 S.W.2d 546 (1995); Batesville Truck Lines, Inc. v. Martin, 219 Ark. 603 , 243 S.W.2d 729 (1951). Courts of equity are careful to deny any person the advantage of his or her own wrong.

    Cited 16 timesPublished
  • James v. Brown

    11 Mich. 25 · Michigan Supreme Court · Nov 18, 1862

    Brown’s testimony is the only evidence bearing directly on this question. It becomes necessary therefore to examine closely. … We have been thus particular in scanning Brown’s testimony, as the defense may be said to turn on the view taken of it.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • State v. Brown

    130 Wash. App. 767 · Court of Appeals of Washington · Dec 13, 2005

    Brown asserts that the state constitution prohibits the challenged jury instruction language. ¶9 In State v. … Here, *771 Brown argues that the language of the “to convict” instruction affirmatively misleads the jury about its power to acquit. Brown points to the jury’s power to acquit against the evidence, citing to Hartigan v.

    Cited 27 timesPublished
  • Brown v. State

    561 S.W.2d 484 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Feb 1, 1978

    On April 20, 1975, I talked to Zelma Strader and she stated to me that James David Brown had nothing to do with the death of his wife, Linda Faye Brown.” No hearing was ever held on this motion. … Browning v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 432 S.W.2d 85 ; Watkins v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 438 S.W.2d 819 ; Martin v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 459 S.W.2d 845 .

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Hahn v. Brown

    51 Ohio App. 2d 177 · Ohio Court of Appeals · Sep 14, 1976

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Baldwin

    131 Or. App. 356 · Court of Appeals of Oregon · Nov 16, 1994

    Defendant responds that, although certain previous decisions, including Fine v. Zenon, 114 Or App 183 , 834 P2d 509 (1992), might support petitioner’s position, those decisions were implicitly overruled by Bartz v. … Bartz v. State of Oregon, supra, 314 Or at 358 , adopts the same construction.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Priest v. Brown

    100 Cal. 626 · California Supreme Court · Dec 30, 1893

    (Dana v. Stanford, 10 Cal. 269 ; Low v. Wortman, 44 N. J. Eq. 202; Shelley v. Boothe, 73 Mo. 74 ; 39 Am. Rep. 481 ; Brashear v. West, 7 Pet. 614 ; Giddings v. Sears, 115 Mass. 505 .) … In Gregory v.

    Cited 20 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    201 A.3d 732 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Feb 6, 2019

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  • Allen v. Brown

    39 Iowa 330 · Supreme Court of Iowa · Sep 25, 1874

    S. v. Kirkpatrick, 9. Wheat., 720. Iowa v. U. S., 7. How., 681. See also 1 Am. Leading Cases, 299. Notice to Mayor v. Patten; Allen v. Culen, 3 Denio, 293 . Fairchild et al. v. Hawley et al., 10 Conn., 176 .

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Brown v. McBride

    129 Ga. 92 · Supreme Court of Georgia · Aug 12, 1907

    See, in this connection, Proctor v. Pointer, 137 Ga. 134 , 56 S. E. 111 ; Slaughter v. Heath, 127 Ga. 748 (6), 57 S. E. 69 . 3. … Brown, the caveator, requesting Brown to pay certain amounts of money to certain parties designated as creditors of the estate of Y. A. Clegg, the testator.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Furniss v. Brown

    8 How. Pr. 59 · New York Supreme Court · Mar 15, 1853

    In all of Brown’s letters he recognizes Furniss’s joint ownership. … The motion by Brown for the injunction must, of course, under the view of the case, be denied with costs. Furniss agt. Brown. DECISION. 1.

    Cited 2 timesPublished

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