225 S.E.2d 557 ROBERT J. GRIFFIN AND WIFE, FRANCES C. GRIFFIN v. WHEELER-LEONARD CO., INC.; LONNIE E. WHEELER; M. D. FLETCHER, JR. AND WIFE, BONNIE T. FLETCHER, AND M. D. FLETCHER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. No. 71Supreme Court of North Carolina Filed 17 June 1976 1. Sales 5; Vendor and Purchaser 6 — statements by real […]
Category: North Carolina Court Opinions
IN RE BROWN, 351 N.C. 601 (2000)
527 S.E.2d 651 IN RE: INQUIRY CONCERNING A JUDGE, NO. 238 CRAIG B. BROWN, Respondent No. 18A00Supreme Court of North Carolina Filed 5 May 2000 Judges — censure — conducting business outside of court A district court judge was censured for knowingly convicting a defendant of careless and reckless driving even though defendant had not […]
BOLDEN v. R. R., 123 N.C. 614 (1898)
31 S.E. 851 S. M. BOLDEN v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Supreme Court of North Carolina (Decided 23 December, 1898.) Negligence — Contributory Negligence — Nonsuit. 1. Where there is evidence, more than a mere scintilla, tending to prove negligence — it must be submitted to a jury to be passed on. 2. Contributory negligence is […]
ARMSTRONG v. BEATY, 1 N.C. 259 (1800)
JOHN ARMSTRONG ET AL. v. WILLIAM BEATY ET AL. — Conf., 33. Court of Conference (Spring Term, 1800.) When a defendant is served with a copy of a decree of the Court of Equity and refuses to perform it, an attachment is the proper mode of compelling performance. This was a case in equity from […]
LAWYERS MUT. LIAB. v. NEXSEN PRUET JACOBS, 112 N.C. App. 353 (1993)
435 S.E.2d 571 LAWYERS MUTUAL LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA, Plaintiff v. NEXSEN PRUET JACOBS POLLARD, MOORE VAN ALLEN AND THE HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants. No. 9210SC991North Carolina Court of Appeals (Filed 19 October 1993) 1. Courts 19 (NCI4th) — determination of insurance coverage — similar proceedings in South Carolina — stay There was […]
CHRISTIE v. CHRISTIE, 59 N.C. App. 230 (1982)
296 S.E.2d 26 JANE CHRISTIE (NOW WARREN) v. FRANK BURTON CHRISTIE, III No. 8121DC1357North Carolina Court of Appeals Filed 19 October 1982 1. Divorce and Alimony 27 — modification of child support — awarding counsel fees error In an action to modify the child support provisions of a separation agreement, the court erred in awarding […]
BUNN v. R. R., 169 N.C. 648 (1915)
86 S.E. 503 W. A. BUNN v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY. Supreme Court of North Carolina (Filed 13 October, 1915.) 1. Master and Servant — Duty of Master — Negligence — Safety of Employee — Ordinary Tools and Methods — Anticipation of Injury. The requirements that the master, in the exercise of ordinary care, […]
STATE v. MANGUM, 182 N.C. App. 348 (2007)
STATE v. MANGUM. No. 06-1292.North Carolina Court of Appeals. Filed March 20, 2007. Harnett County Nos. 05CRS56470, 06CRS3851. Appeal by defendant from judgments entered 30 June 2006 by Judge Franklin F. Lanier in Harnett County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 12 March 2007. Attorney General Roy A. Cooper, III, by Assistant Attorney […]
SIMPSON v. HIATT, 35 N.C. 470 (1852)
WILLIAM H. SIMPSON v. WILLIAM HIATT. Supreme Court of North Carolina (August Term, 1852.) 1. Although a venditioni exponas is not a part of the record, so as to carry absolute verity with it, yet it is the authority under which an officer acts and his only authority to sell, and is therefore a necessary […]
LORENT v. POTTS, 4 N.C. 86 (1814)
LORENT v. POTTS. — 1 L. R., 474. Supreme Court of North Carolina (January Term, 1814.) No action can be maintained upon a charter party to recover freight, without the plaintiff’s averring in his declaration and proving on the trial that he carried the goods according to the terms of the covenant. COVENANT, brought by […]