State Supreme Court / N.C.

Barnes v. North Carolina State Highway Commission

Decided June 12, 1959. Dan K. Moore wrote the opinion for the court.

109 S.E.2d 219 · Cited 118 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.

Nantahala Power & Light Co. v. Moss · 17 S.E.2d 10
Sharp v. United States · 191 U.S. 341
Sale v. State Highway & Public Works Commission · 89 S.E.2d 290
Proctor v. Highway Commission · 55 S.E.2d 479
Carolina & Yadkin River Railroad v. Armfield · 83 S.E. 809
Price v. Gray · 97 S.E.2d 844
North Carolina State Highway & Public Works Commission v. Privett · 246 N.C. 501
Nantahala Power & Light Co. v. Sloan · 41 S.E.2d 361
In Re Gamble · 93 S.E.2d 66
Gallimore v. State Highway & Public Works Commission · 241 N.C. 350
Carolina Power and Light Company v. Clark · 91 S.E.2d 569
Boom Co. v. Patterson · 98 U.S. 403
City of Austin v. Cannizzo · 267 S.W.2d 808
Long Beach City High School District v. Stewart · 30 Cal. 2d 763
STATE, HIGHWAY COMM'R v. Gorga · 138 A.2d 833
City of Los Angeles v. Hughes · 262 P. 737
People Ex Rel. Department of Public Works v. Dunn · 46 Cal. 2d 639
City of Menlo Park v. Artino · 151 Cal. App. 2d 261
St. Agnes Cemetery v. State of New York · 3 N.Y.2d 37
State Ex Rel. Engineering Commission v. Peek · 265 P.2d 630
Pennsylvania Co. for Insurances on Lives v. Philadelphia · 268 Pa. 559
Steck v. City of Wichita · 295 P.2d 1068
Cline v. Kansas Gas & Electric Company · 318 P.2d 1000
Milling Co. v. . Highway Commission · 130 S.E. 724
Wishek Investment Co. v. McIntosh County · 45 N.W.2d 417

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Department of Transportation v. Roymac Partnership · 581 S.E.2d 770
State v. Johnson · 191 S.E.2d 641
Department of Transportation v. Rowe · 531 S.E.2d 836
Department of Transportation v. Airlie Park, Inc. · 576 S.E.2d 341
Town of Midland v. Wayne · 368 N.C. 55
State ex rel. Commissioner of the Department of Correction v. Rittenhouse · 634 A.2d 338
Town of Hillsborough v. Crabtree · 143 N.C. App. 707
Board of Transportation v. Martin · 249 S.E.2d 390
Sauvageau v. Hjelle · 213 N.W.2d 381
City of Durham v. Woo · 497 S.E.2d 457
Department of Transportation v. Mahaffey · 528 S.E.2d 381
City of Winston-Salem v. Slate · 647 S.E.2d 643
Dep't of Transp. v. Adams Outdoor Advert. of Charlotte Ltd. P'ship · 804 S.E.2d 486
Dep't of Transp. v. Jay Butmataji, LLC · 818 S.E.2d 171
State Highway Commission v. Conrad · 139 S.E.2d 553
Andrews v. City of Greenbelt · 441 A.2d 1064
Dr. T. C. Smith Co. v. North Carolina State Highway Commission · 182 S.E.2d 383
County of Kauai v. Hanalei River Holdings Limited. · 139 Haw. 511
Duke Power Co. v. Winebarger · 265 S.E.2d 227
Di Virgilio v. State Road Department · 205 So. 2d 317
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