Gray v. Central Warehouse Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by- defendants from Oormor, Jat December Term, 1920, of LENOIR. Tbis is an action by George W. Gray, alleging that since 1914 he has been engaged in the business of buying tobacco sold on the floors of the tobacco warehouses located in Kinston, N. C., and up to 1920 had bought large quantities of tobacco, and that the buying of leaf tobacco upon warehouse floors is the principal business and occupation of the plaintiff, who has a license from the U. S. Government to…
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Appeal by- defendants from Oormor, Jat December Term, 1920, of LENOIR. Tbis is an action by George W. Gray, alleging that since 1914 he has been engaged in the business of buying tobacco sold on the floors of the tobacco warehouses located in Kinston, N. C., and up to 1920 had bought large quantities of tobacco, and that the buying of leaf tobacco upon warehouse floors is the principal business and occupation of the plaintiff, who has a license from the U. S. Government to buy leaf tobacco; that the persons, firms, and corporations named as defendants compose a voluntary association known as…
1Concurrence · HoiceHoice, J.
I concur in the disposition made of this appeal by which the injunction is continued to the hearing, and in the opinion that these warehouses dedicated by the owners or management to the public marketing of tobacco are affected with a public use and interest so as to become the subject of reasonable public regulations. And I am inclined to the opinion that the regulations now established by the Kinston Tobacco Board, as to the selection and qualification of these buyers, may be too restrictive. Reserving final decision on that question, however, until the facts are more fully disclosed at the…
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- Tise v. . Whitaker-Harvey Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
- Keys v. . AlligoodSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1919
- Flanner v. Butler.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1902