Legal Opinion

State v. . Dowless

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided May 22, 1940PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDevin, J.

The defendant assigns as error the ruling of the court below denying his motion for judgment of nonsuit.

The warrant, upon which the defendant was tried and convicted, charged that defendant W. B. Dowless did issue and deliver a worthless check, knowing that he did not have sufficient funds or credit with the bank with which to pay same, whereas the proof shows a-check issued by a corporation of which defendant Dowless was executive head, together with oral evidence that the corporation did not have sufficient funds or credit with the bank to pay same.

While the terms of the statute (Public…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. . HarbertSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1923
  2. State v. . CorpeningSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1926
  3. State v. . FranklinSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1933

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. . ForteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1943
  2. Semones v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1992
  3. State v. LamoreauxNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1954
  4. State v. CruseSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1960

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