State Supreme Court / N.C.

Rhodes v. City of Asheville

Decided March 23, 1949. Emery B. Denny wrote the opinion for the court.

52 S.E.2d 371 · Cited 55 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.

Stocker v. City of Nashville · 126 S.W.2d 339
Millar v. Town of Wilson · 23 S.E.2d 42
Williamson v. City of High Point · 195 S.E. 90
Smith v. City of Iowa City · 239 N.W. 29
Nash v. . Tarboro · 42 S.E.2d 209
Peavey v. City of Miami Magic City Airways, Inc. · 1 So. 2d 614
Mollencop v. City of Salem · 8 P.2d 783
Broome v. City of Charlotte · 182 S.E. 325
Abbott v. City of Des Moines · 298 N.W. 649
Klassette v. Liggett Drug Co. · 42 S.E.2d 411
Mayor of Savannah v. Lyons · 54 Ga. App. 661
Hunt v. City of High Point · 36 S.E.2d 694
MacK v. Charlotte City Water-Works · 107 S.E. 244
Mabe v. City of Winston-Salem · 130 S.E. 169
Whitacre v. City of Charlotte · 6 S.E.2d 558
Coleman v. City of Oakland · 295 P. 59
Turner v. . Reidsville · 29 S.E.2d 211
Harrington v. Commissioners of Wadesboro · 69 S.E. 399
Sing v. City of Charlotte · 195 S.E. 271
Verner v. Mosely · 127 So. 527
State v. . Godwin · 182 S.E. 693

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