State Supreme Court / N.C.

Bruton v. . Light Co.

Decided February 2, 1940. Maurice Victor Barnhill wrote the opinion for the court.

6 S.E.2d 822 · Cited 58 times

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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.

Clinard v. Town of Kernersville · 3 S.E.2d 267
Rhodes v. . Durham · 81 S.E. 938
Southern Distributing Co. v. Carraway · 144 S.E. 535
Gulf States Steel Co. v. Law · 141 So. 641
Webb v. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. · 87 S.E. 633
Dunlap v. Carolina Power & Light Co. · 195 S.E. 43
Town of Bennington v. Fillmore & Slade · 130 A. 137
Carolina-Tennessee Power Co. v. Hiawassee River Power Co. · 123 S.E. 312
Baltimore Steamship Co. v. Phillips · 274 U.S. 316
United States v. California & Oregon Land Co. · 192 U.S. 355

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