Legal Opinion

Sumner v. . Sumner

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided September 17, 1947PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBarnhill, J.

The record discloses the following as the concluding instruction of the court:

“Upon prompting by counsel for the plaintiff, I have this to say further : (I have already called your attention to the fact that this divorce sought by the plaintiff is upon the ground of two years’ separation and not upon the ground of adultery. .Now, with respect to the fourth issue and with respect to all of the issues submitted, the fourth, the fifth, and the sixth, if the plaintiff has satisfied you under his plea of being innocent of any wrongful or unlawful conduct toward the defendant, and if he has…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. State v. . MosleySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1938
  2. State v. . RhinehartSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1936
  3. Thompson v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
  4. Kelly v. . Traction Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
  5. State v. . StarnesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Hartley v. SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1954
  2. State v. PayneSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
  3. State v. HolcombSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1978
  4. Martin v. PopeCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2018
  5. State v. JonesCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2011

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