State Supreme Court / N.C.

Lide v. Mears

Decided November 23, 1949. Samuel James Ervin Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

56 S.E.2d 404 · Cited 116 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.

Town of Tryon v. Duke Power Co. · 22 S.E.2d 450
Poore v. . Poore · 161 S.E. 532
Cooley v. . Lee · 86 S.E. 720
Merchants National Bank v. Dortch · 120 S.E. 60
Hartman v. . Flynn · 127 S.E. 517
Moseley v. . Knott · 194 S.E. 100
Vinson v. . Gardner · 116 S.E. 412
In Re Eubanks · 162 S.E. 769
Gordon v. Gordon · 32 S.C. 563
Hornaday v. . Hornaday · 47 S.E.2d 857
Haywood v. . Rigsbee · 178 S.E. 102
Doe on Demise of Williams v. Harrington · 33 N.C. 616
Etheridge v. . Leary · 43 S.E.2d 847
Etheridge v. Leary · 227 N.C. 636

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