State Court of Appeals / N.C. Ct. App.

Compton v. Kirby

Decided April 1, 2003. John Douglas McCullough wrote the opinion for the court.

577 S.E.2d 905 · Cited 69 times

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Dalton v. Camp · 548 S.E.2d 704
Johnson v. Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance · 266 S.E.2d 610
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Myers & Chapman v. Thomas G. Evans · 374 S.E.2d 385
Walker v. Sloan · 529 S.E.2d 236
Love v. Pressley · 239 S.E.2d 574
Smith v. Price · 340 S.E.2d 408
Overstreet v. Brookland, Inc. · 279 S.E.2d 1
Tillis v. Calvine Cotton Mills, Inc. · 111 S.E.2d 606
Northern National Life Insurance v. Lacy J. Miller MacHine Co. · 316 S.E.2d 256
Pinehurst, Inc. v. O'Leary Bros. Realty, Inc. · 338 S.E.2d 918
Potter v. Homestead Preservation Ass'n · 412 S.E.2d 1
Edwards v. West · 495 S.E.2d 920
Eggleston v. . Eggleston · 47 S.E.2d 243
Casey v. Grantham · 79 S.E.2d 735
Whitaker v. Earnhardt · 221 S.E.2d 316
Mapp v. Toyota World, Inc. · 344 S.E.2d 297
McNamara v. Wilmington Mall Realty Corp. · 466 S.E.2d 324
Little v. Matthewson · 442 S.E.2d 567
Fulk v. Piedmont Music Center · 531 S.E.2d 476
Spence v. Spaulding and Perkins, Ltd. · 347 S.E.2d 864
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