State Supreme Court / N.C.

In Re Blalock

Decided May 2, 1951. John Wallace Winborne wrote the opinion for the court.

64 S.E.2d 848 · Cited 67 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.

Williams v. . Cooper · 24 S.E.2d 484
In Re Coston · 122 S.E. 183
In Re Custody of Morris · 33 S.E.2d 243
State v. . Burnett · 102 S.E. 711
In Re Hamilton · 108 S.E. 385
State v. . Coble · 107 S.E. 132
In Re Prevatt · 28 S.E.2d 564
Town of Burnsville v. Boone · 58 S.E.2d 351
Gibson v. Central Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance · 62 S.E.2d 320
Culbreth v. Britt Corp. · 56 S.E.2d 15
Russ v. Woodard · 59 S.E.2d 351
Hoover v. Crotts · 61 S.E.2d 705
Phipps v. . Vannoy · 50 S.E.2d 906
State v. Black · 59 S.E.2d 621
Halifax Paper Co. v. Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District · 61 S.E.2d 378
Denton v. . Vassiliades · 193 S.E. 737
Four County Agricultural Credit Corp. v. Satterfield · 10 S.E.2d 914
In Re Deford · 37 S.E.2d 516
Weaver v. Morgan · 61 S.E.2d 916
Crescent Hat Co. v. Chizik · 26 S.E.2d 871
Bank of Pinehurst v. Derby · 2 S.E.2d 875
Rice v. Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. · 59 S.E.2d 803
Wilson v. . Thaggard and Stone v. . Thaggard · 34 S.E.2d 140
Smith v. McDowell Furniture Co. · 61 S.E.2d 96
In Re the Adoption of Morris Ex Rel. Morris · 31 S.E.2d 539

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