State Supreme Court / N.C.

Graham v. North Carolina Butane Gas Co.

Decided April 12, 1950. Samuel James Ervin Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

58 S.E.2d 757 · Cited 65 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.

Ballard v. Ballard · 55 S.E.2d 316
Clare v. Bond County Gas Co. · 190 N.E. 278
Higdon v. Jaffa · 56 S.E.2d 661
Hughes v. . Thayer · 51 S.E.2d 488
Ward v. . Smith · 25 S.E.2d 463
Milligan v. Georgia Power Co. · 22 S.E.2d 662
Lea v. . Bridgeman · 46 S.E.2d 555
Barbeau v. Buzzards Bay Gas Co. · 308 Mass. 245
Triplett v. Alabama Power Co. · 104 So. 248
Phillips v. . Nessmith · 37 S.E.2d 178
Graham v. North Carolina Butane Gas Co. · 231 N.C. 680
Walker v. . Manson · 23 S.E.2d 839
Oberly & Newell Lithograph Corp. v. Clark · 199 S.E. 398
Carter v. . Motor Lines · 41 S.E.2d 586
Cox v. . Hinshaw · 40 S.E.2d 358

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Chilton Butane Gas, Inc. v. Marcus · 289 Ala. 292
Wagoner v. North Carolina Railroad · 77 S.E.2d 701
Scarborough v. Dillard's, Inc. · 693 S.E.2d 640
Cox v. Hennis Freight Lines · 72 S.E.2d 25
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Brafford v. Cook · 62 S.E.2d 327
Aiken v. Sanderford · 73 S.E.2d 911
Cozart v. Hudson · 78 S.E.2d 881
Ervin v. Cannon Mills Co. · 64 S.E.2d 431
Little v. Poole · 182 S.E.2d 206
Keith v. United Cities Gas Company · 146 S.E.2d 7
Morrisette v. A. G. Boone Co. · 69 S.E.2d 239
Moore v. Beard-Laney, Inc. · 139 S.E.2d 879
Waynick v. Reardon · 72 S.E.2d 4
Frazier v. Suburban Rulane Gas Company · 100 S.E.2d 501
Osborne v. Colonial Ice Company · 106 S.E.2d 573
Blake v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. · 75 S.E.2d 921
Moore v. Union Fidelity Life Insurance Co. · 255 S.E.2d 160
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