Legal Opinion
Branch Banking and Trust Co. v. Bank of Washington
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided July 7, 1961No. 240Published
1Opinion of the Court
120 S.E.2d 830 (1961)
255 N.C. 205
BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY
v.
BANK OF WASHINGTON, Washington, North Carolina.
No. 240.
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
July 7, 1961.
Carr & Gibbons, Wilson, for plaintiff-appellant.
Finch, Narron, Holdford & Holdford, Wilson, and Rodman & Rodman, Washington, for defendant-appellee.
BOBBITT, Justice.
Upon waiver of jury trial, the court's findings of fact, if supported by competent evidence, are as conclusive as the verdict of a jury. Moreover, a finding of fact to which no exception is taken is presumed to be supported by competent evidence. Constitution of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- City of Goldsboro v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1957
- Grant County Deposit Bank v. McCampbellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1952
- Standard Trust Co. of New York v. Commercial National BankSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1914
- Worth Co. v. International Sugar Feed No. 2 Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1916
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