State Supreme Court / N.C.

Ballinger v. . Thomas

Decided April 25, 1928. Walter P. Stacy wrote the opinion for the court.

142 S.E. 761 · Cited 102 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Harton v. . Telephone Co. · 54 S.E. 299
White v. Carolina Realty Co. · 109 S.E. 564
West Construction Co. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 113 S.E. 672
Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railway Co. v. Kellogg · 94 U.S. 469
Brick Co. v. . Gentry · 132 S.E. 800
Bank v. . Bank · 112 S.E. 11
Broad Street Bank v. National Bank of Goldsboro · 183 N.C. 463
State Ex Rel. County of Greene v. First National Bank of Snow Hill · 140 S.E. 38

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Brown v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 179 S.E. 25
Powers v. S. Sternberg & Co. · 195 S.E. 88
Butner v. . Spease · 6 S.E.2d 808
Greene v. Charlotte Chemical Laboratories, Inc. · 120 S.E.2d 82
Smith v. . Sink · 192 S.E. 108
Leonard v. Maxwell · 216 N.C. 89
Ferino v. Palmer · 52 A.2d 433
Herman v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 150 S.E. 361
Insurance Co. v. . McCraw · 1 S.E.2d 369
Wood Ex Rel. Putnam v. Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 46 S.E.2d 717
Muse v. Morrison · 66 S.E.2d 783
Casey v. Grantham · 79 S.E.2d 735
Harper v. . Harper and Wickham v. . Harper · 34 S.E.2d 185
Edwards v. Hamill · 138 S.E.2d 151
Riggs v. Akers Motor Lines, Inc. · 63 S.E.2d 197
Essick v. City of Lexington · 65 S.E.2d 220
Harper v. Harper · 225 N.C. 260
Spivey v. Newman · 59 S.E.2d 844
Smith v. . Smith · 34 S.E.2d 148
Mallard v. . Housing Authority · 20 S.E.2d 281
Smith v. Smith · 225 N.C. 189
Montgomery v. Blades · 222 N.C. 463

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