State Supreme Court / N.C.

Watson Industries, Inc. v. Shaw

Decided March 5, 1952. Maurice Victor Barnhill wrote the opinion for the court.

69 S.E.2d 505 · Cited 79 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.

Mullen v. Town of Louisburg · 33 S.E.2d 484
Gould v. Gould · 245 U.S. 151
Towne v. Eisner · 245 U.S. 418
Henneford v. Silas Mason Co. · 300 U.S. 577
Monamotor Oil Co. v. Johnson · 292 U.S. 86
Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. United States · 282 U.S. 740
Henderson v. . Gill, Comr. of Revenue · 49 S.E.2d 754
Sabine v. . Gill, Comr. of Revenue · 51 S.E.2d 1
Charlotte Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. Shaw · 59 S.E.2d 819
Johnston v. . Gill, Comr. of Revenue · 32 S.E.2d 30
Powell v. . Maxwell, Comr. of Revenue · 186 S.E. 326
State v. . Jones · 197 S.E. 152
State v. . Campbell · 28 S.E.2d 499
Victory Cab Co. v. City of Charlotte · 68 S.E.2d 433
Paye v. City of Grosse Pointe · 271 N.W. 826
Favro v. State · 46 S.W. 932

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