State Supreme Court / N.C.

Town of Burnsville v. Boone

Decided March 22, 1950. John Wallace Winborne wrote the opinion for the court.

58 S.E.2d 351 · Cited 57 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.

McDaniel v. . Leggett · 32 S.E.2d 602
Wilson v. Robinson · 224 N.C. 851
Rader v. Queen City Coach Co. · 35 S.E.2d 609
Fox v. Cramerton Mills, Inc. · 35 S.E.2d 869
Vestal v. Moseley Vending MacHine Exchange, Inc. · 14 S.E.2d 427
Griggs v. . York-Shipley, Inc. · 50 S.E.2d 914
Poole v. . Gentry · 49 S.E.2d 464
Turlington v. . Neighbors · 24 S.E.2d 648
Peoples Bank & Trust Co. v. Tar River Lumber Co. · 19 S.E.2d 138
Fish v. . Hanson · 25 S.E.2d 461
Swink v. . Horn · 40 S.E.2d 353
Cannon v. . Blair · 50 S.E.2d 732
Odom v. . Palmer · 182 S.E. 741
Smith v. . Davis · 45 S.E.2d 51
Manufacturing Co. v. . Arnold · 45 S.E.2d 577
Smith v. Davis · 228 N.C. 172

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