State Supreme Court / N.C.

Ragsdale v. Kennedy

Decided November 26, 1974. J. Frank Huskins wrote the opinion for the court.

209 S.E.2d 494 · Cited 445 times

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Vail v. Vail · 63 S.E.2d 202
Johnson v. Owens · 140 S.E.2d 311
Setzer v. OLD REPUBLIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · 126 S.E.2d 135
Franchey v. Hannes · 152 Conn. 372
Brooks v. Ervin Construction Company · 116 S.E.2d 454
City of Reidsville v. Burton · 152 S.E.2d 147
Early v. Eley · 91 S.E.2d 919
Vokes v. Arthur Murray, Inc. · 212 So. 2d 906
State Ex Rel. Nebraska State Bar Ass'n v. Richards · 84 N.W.2d 136
Hutchins v. Davis · 52 S.E.2d 210
Brooks Equipment & Manufacturing Co. v. Taylor · 55 S.E.2d 311
Low v. Wheeler · 207 Cal. App. 2d 477
Berwer v. Union Central Life Insurance · 200 S.E. 1
City of New Bern v. White · 110 S.E.2d 446
Edwards v. Edwards · 135 S.E.2d 18
Insurance Co. v. . Guilford County · 38 S.E.2d 519
Krause v. Eugene Dodge, Inc. · 509 P.2d 1199
Ward v. . Health · 24 S.E.2d 5
Ward v. Heath · 222 N.C. 470
Hargis Canneries, Inc. v. United States · 60 F. Supp. 729
Laundry MacHinery Co. v. . Skinner · 34 S.E.2d 190
Machine Co. v. . Feezer · 67 S.E. 1004

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