State Supreme Court / N.C.

City of Goldsboro v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.

Decided April 17, 1957. Emery B. Denny wrote the opinion for the court.

97 S.E.2d 486 · Cited 61 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.

Town of Burnsville v. Boone · 58 S.E.2d 351
Yadkin County v. City of High Point · 8 S.E.2d 470
Woodard v. Mordecai · 67 S.E.2d 639
James v. Pretlow · 86 S.E.2d 759
Gibson v. Central Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance · 62 S.E.2d 320
Dellinger v. Bollinger · 89 S.E.2d 592
Insurance Co. v. . Carolina Beach · 7 S.E.2d 13
Bailey v. Bailey · 90 S.E.2d 696
St. George v. Hanson · 78 S.E.2d 885
Bond v. Bond · 71 S.E.2d 53
Wilson v. Robinson · 224 N.C. 851
Poole v. . Gentry · 49 S.E.2d 464
Wyatt v. Sharp · 80 S.E.2d 762
Halifax Paper Co. v. Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District · 61 S.E.2d 378
Beaver v. Crawford Paint Co. · 82 S.E.2d 113
Moore v. Crosswell · 82 S.E.2d 208
Scott v. Shackelford · 86 S.E.2d 453
State Trust Co. v. M & J FINANCE CORP. · 78 S.E.2d 327
Cannon v. . Blair · 50 S.E.2d 732
Board of Education of Kanawha County v. Campbells Creek Railroad · 76 S.E.2d 271
Lyda v. Town of Marion · 79 S.E.2d 726

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