State Supreme Court / N.C.

Greene v. Spivey

Decided November 19, 1952. Jefferson D. Johnson Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

73 S.E.2d 488 · Cited 65 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.

Rader v. Queen City Coach Co. · 35 S.E.2d 609
Beach v. . McLean · 14 S.E.2d 515
Town of Burnsville v. Boone · 58 S.E.2d 351
Fox v. Cramerton Mills, Inc. · 35 S.E.2d 869
Woodard v. Clark · 66 S.E.2d 888
Evans v. Tabor City Lumber Co. · 59 S.E.2d 612
Leggett v. Southeastern People's College, Inc. · 68 S.E.2d 263
Grandy v. Walker · 68 S.E.2d 807
Brown v. L. H. Bottoms Truck Lines, Inc. · 40 S.E.2d 476
Worley v. . Pipes · 50 S.E.2d 504
Parsons v. Swift & Co. · 68 S.E.2d 296
Greene v. Spivey · 236 N.C. 435
Hayes v. . Elon College · 29 S.E.2d 137
Withers v. Black · 53 S.E.2d 668
In Re Sams'estate · 72 S.E.2d 421
Bledsoe v. . Nixon · 68 N.C. 521

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