State Supreme Court / N.C.

Harrison v. North Carolina Railroad

Decided December 7, 1927. Walter P. Stacy wrote the opinion for the court.

140 S.E. 598 · Cited 96 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.

Southern Pacific Co. v. Berkshire · 254 U.S. 415
Nash v. . Royster · 127 S.E. 356
Cooper v. Railroad · 52 S.E. 932
State v. . Fulcher · 113 S.E. 769
Trull v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. · 66 S.E. 586
Holton v. Kinston-Carolina Railroad · 124 S.E. 307
Harper v. Oak Ridge Supply Co. · 114 S.E. 173
Furst v. . Merritt · 130 S.E. 40

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Mitchell v. . Melts · 18 S.E.2d 406
Gaither Corporation v. Skinner · 85 S.E.2d 909
Tarrant Ex Rel. Tarrant v. Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. · 20 S.E.2d 565
Robbins v. C. W. Myers Trading Post, Inc. · 111 S.E.2d 884
Baker v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 171 S.E. 342
Hampton v. . Hawkins · 13 S.E.2d 227
Rice v. City of Lumberton · 69 S.E.2d 543
Winfield v. Smith · 53 S.E.2d 251
Garner v. Pittman · 75 S.E.2d 111
Bailey v. North Carolina Railroad · 25 S.E.2d 833
Parker v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 61 S.E.2d 370
Pike v. . Seymour · 21 S.E.2d 884
Lee v. Carolina Upholstery Co. · 40 S.E.2d 688
Hare v. . Weil · 196 S.E. 869
Quinn Ex Rel. Quinn v. Atlantic & Yadkin Railway Co. · 195 S.E. 85
Hobbs v. . Drewer · 37 S.E.2d 121
Price v. Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co. · 161 S.E.2d 590
Jeffries v. . Powell · 20 S.E.2d 561
Hopkins v. Comer · 81 S.E.2d 368
McLamb v. Beasley · 218 N.C. 308
Ervin v. Cannon Mills Co. · 64 S.E.2d 431

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