State Supreme Court / N.C.

Peek v. Wachovia Bank & Trust Company

Decided April 13, 1955. Jefferson D. Johnson Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

86 S.E.2d 745 · Cited 86 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.

State v. Cole · 86 S.E.2d 203
Karpf v. Adams · 74 S.E.2d 325
North Carolina Self Help Corp. v. Brinkley · 2 S.E.2d 889
Commercial Solvents, Inc. v. Johnson · 69 S.E.2d 716
Hawkins v. M & J FINANCE CORP. · 77 S.E.2d 669
North Carolina State Highway & Public Works Commission v. Black · 79 S.E.2d 778
Caddell v. Caddell · 73 S.E.2d 923
Goeckel v. Stokely · 73 S.E.2d 618
Carolina Discount Corp. v. Landis Motor Co. · 129 S.E. 414
Wilson v. Commercial Finance Co. · 79 S.E.2d 908
In Re Will of Beard · 163 S.E. 748
Hayworth v. Philadelphia Life Insurance · 130 S.E. 612
Reynolds v. Earley · 85 S.E.2d 904
Jones v. Raney Chevrolet Co. · 9 S.E.2d 395
Bryant v. . Carrier · 198 S.E. 619
Bryant v. Murray · 79 S.E.2d 243
General Finance & Thrift Corp. v. Guthrie · 42 S.E.2d 601
City of Shelby v. Lackey · 72 S.E.2d 757
McCracken v. Clark · 69 S.E.2d 184
Haywood v. Home Insurance Co. · 12 S.E.2d 221
Dillingham v. Kligerman · 69 S.E.2d 500
Chatham v. C. C. Disher Chevrolet Co. · 1 S.E.2d 117
State v. . Merrick · 88 S.E. 501
State v. Merrick · 171 N.C. 788
Boney, Insurance Comr. v. . Insurance Co. · 197 S.E. 122

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