State Supreme Court / N.C.

Smith v. Price

Decided February 18, 1986. Rhoda Billings wrote the opinion for the court.

340 S.E.2d 408 · Cited 71 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.

Selph v. Selph · 148 S.E.2d 574
North Carolina National Bank v. Burnette · 256 S.E.2d 388
Cole v. Cole · 328 S.E.2d 446
Stone v. Griffin Baking Co. of Greensboro, Inc. · 125 S.E.2d 363
Cutts v. Casey · 180 S.E.2d 297
Anderson Ex Rel. Anderson v. Butler · 202 S.E.2d 585
Worthington v. Bynum · 290 S.E.2d 599
Summey v. Cauthen · 197 S.E.2d 549
Potts v. Burnette · 273 S.E.2d 285
Investment Properties of Asheville, Inc. v. Allen · 188 S.E.2d 441
State v. Johnson · 244 S.E.2d 391
Investment Properties of Asheville, Inc. v. Allen · 196 S.E.2d 262
Rider v. Lenoir County · 78 S.E.2d 745
McCabe Lumber Co. v. Beaufort County Lumber Co. · 121 S.E. 755

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