STATE vs. WINDSOR MASON. Supreme Court of North Carolina (January Term, 1872.) 1. When an assault and battery was committed on the 12th day of March, 1869, and bill of indictment was sent and found a true bill on the 17th day of April, 1871, held that the statute of limitations was a bar to […]
Category: North Carolina Court Opinions
HOOD v. COACH CO., 249 N.C. 534 (1959)
107 S.E.2d 154 HENRY B. HOOD v. QUEEN CITY COACH COMPANY, A CORPORATION, AND ASHEVILLE UNION BUS STATION, INC., A CORPORATION. Supreme Court of North Carolina Filed 25 February, 1959. 1. Negligence 19b(1) — Plaintiff is entitled to have the issue of negligence submitted to the jury if plaintiff’s evidence and legitimate inferences therefrom tend […]
STATE v. KINSAULS, 126 N.C. 1095 (1900)
36 S.E. 31 STATE v. ARCHIE KINSAULS. Supreme Court of North Carolina (Decided 8 May, 1900.) Exceptions to Jurors — Peremptory Challenges — Possession of Deadly Weapon — “Broadside Exception” to Judge’s Charge Inadmissible, Code, Section 550 — When Tolerated. 1. The finding by the judge that a juror tendered is indifferent, is not reviewable; […]
McDOWELL v. HEMPHILL, 60 N.C. 95 (1863)
ROBERT J. McDOWELL, TREASURER v. ANDREW HEMPHILL ET AL. Supreme Court of North Carolina (June Term, 1863.) The treasurer of the trustees of Davidson College is not a corporation sole; on a bond, therefore, payable to one as such, and his successors, a suit cannot be sustained in the name of a successor. THIS was […]
STATE v. FERGUSON, 280 N.C. 95 (1971)
185 S.E.2d 119 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. MARK FERGUSON No. 155Supreme Court of North Carolina Filed 15 December 1971 1. Criminal Law 169; Homicide 15 — admission of testimony not responsive to the solicitor’s question — test of relevancy Testimony by State’s witness that on the night of the homicide she saw the defendant […]
PIEDMONT INST. OF PAIN MGMT. v. STATON FOUNDATION, 157 N.C. App. 577 (2003)
581 S.E.2d 68 PIEDMONT INSTITUTE OF PAIN MANAGEMENT, T. STUART MELOY, M.D., NANCY T. FALLER, D.O., and WILLIAM JOSEPH MARTIN, D.O., Plaintiffs, v. STATON FOUNDATION and PHILLIP A.R. STATON, in his individual capacity and in his representative capacity as Trustee of the Staton Foundation, Defendants. PIEDMONT INSTITUTE OF PAIN MANAGEMENT, T. STUART MELOY, M.D., NANCY […]
IN MATTER OF L.D.G., COA11-338 (N.C.App. 8-16-2011)
IN THE MATTER OF: L.D.G. No. COA11-338North Carolina Court of Appeals Filed 16 August 2011 This case not for publication [EDITOR’S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.] Gaston County No. 09-JT-22. Appeal by respondent from judgment entered 28 December 2010 by Judge Thomas Taylor in Gaston County District Court. Heard […]
WHEELESS v. BARRETT, 229 N.C. 282 (1948)
49 S.E.2d 629 GEORGE D. WHEELESS, MRS.W. H. FOUNTAIN, MRS.C. C. SIMPSON, MRS. J. F. WEAVER, OTIS MOORE, D. E. COLLINS, S.E. SYKES, TRUSTEES OF THE CITY MISSION OF ROCKY MOUNT N.C. v. MRS. O. W. BARRETT, MARTIN L. HUX. Supreme Court of North Carolina (Filed 13 October, 1948.) 1. Charities § 2 — Where […]
STATE v. MOFFITT, 177 N.C. App. 149 (2006)
STATE v. MOFFITT. No. 05-545.North Carolina Court of Appeals. Filed April 4, 2006. Guilford County Nos. 03CRS078964; 03CRS078967-70. Appeal by defendant from judgments entered 22 April 2004 by Judge Henry E. Frye, Jr. in Guilford County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 7 February 2006. Attorney General Roy A. Cooper, III, by Assistant […]
BRITTAIN v. ALLEN, 14 N.C. 167 (1831)
PHILIP BRITTAIN v. JAMES ALLEN. Supreme Court of North Carolina (December Term, 1831.) 1. Words which in themselves do not import a slanderous meaning must, in declaring on them as slanderous, be rendered so by an innuendo, connected with an averment that they were spoken of the plaintiff. 2. But if the words are in […]