Brown v. Hodges

“Every opinion, to be correctly understood, ought to be considered with a view to the case in which it was delivered,” — so declared Chief Justice Marshall, writing in 1807 in U. S. v. Burr, 4 Cranch 469, at 481. And the rule has been expressed in opinions in cases before this Court, among which are these: Light Co. v. Moss, 220 N.C. 200, 17 S.E. 2d 10; S. v. Utley, 223 N.C. 39, 25 S.E. 2d 195; S. v. Boyd, 223 N.C. 79, 25 S.E. 2d 456; Byers v. Byers, 223 N.C. 85, 25 S.E. 2d 466; S. v. Crandall, 225 N.C. 148, 33 S.E. 2d 861; Bruton v. Smith, 225 N.C. 584, 36 S.E. 2d 9; In re Adoption of Doe,…