Dent v. English Mica Co.

Stacy, 0. J.

It is the established rule of procedure in this jurisdiction that the findings of fact made by a referee, adopted and concurred in by the judge of the Superior Court, are conclusive on appeal, if they are supported by any competent evidence. C. S., 578; S. v. Jackson, 183 N. C., 695, 110 S. E., 593; Dorsey v. Mining Co., Ill N. C., 60, 97 S. E., 746; Comrs. v. Alee Bros., 175 N. C., 701, 96 S. E., 21; Hudson v. Morton, 162 N. C., 6, 77 S. E., 1005; Thornton v. McNeely, 144 N. C., 622, 57 S. E., 400; Hunter v. Kelly, 92 N. C., 285. Indeed, it was said in Boyle v. Stallings, 140 N.…