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Jefferson Standard Life Insurance v. Guilford County

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided June 5, 1946PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Stacy, C. J., and Winborne, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of this case. Appeal by defendant from Alley, J., at 3 December, 1945, Term, of GruiLFORD (Greensboro Division). This case was here on appeal at the Spring Term, 1945, of the Court, and the result is reported in 225 N. 0., at page 293, 34 S. E. (2d), 430. The statement of the case in that report covers the essential - facts involved in the present appeal, and the full opinion of the Court is so…

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Stacy, C. J., and Winborne, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of this case. Appeal by defendant from Alley, J., at 3 December, 1945, Term, of GruiLFORD (Greensboro Division). This case was here on appeal at the Spring Term, 1945, of the Court, and the result is reported in 225 N. 0., at page 293, 34 S. E. (2d), 430. The statement of the case in that report covers the essential - facts involved in the present appeal, and the full opinion of the Court is so related to the subsequent procedure and the scope of this review that both the statement of the case and the full opinion…

1Opinion of the CourtSeawell, J.

The decision on the former appeal, Insurance Co. v. Guilford County, 225 N. C., 293, 34 S. E. (2d), 430, which'became, and continues to be, the law of the case has so narrowed the controversy that the scope of this review is properly confined and directed to the action of the trial court in denying the reformation of the several deeds to the Bradshaw property and the validity and propriety of the ensuing judgment decreeing foreclosure.

The crux of the case as here presented may be summarily stated: The court below found as a fact that all the parties to the various transactions alleged to be…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Norton v. Shelby CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Insurance Co. v. . Guilford CountySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1945
  3. Hill v. . StansburySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1944
  4. Brooks v. Greenville Banking & Trust Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1934
  5. Hairston v. . Keswick Corp.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1939

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Land-Of-Sky Regional Council v. County of HendersonCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1985
  2. Food Lion, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.District Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1997
  3. State ex rel. Eure v. LawrenceCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1989

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