Legal Opinion
D & W, INC. v. City of Charlotte
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided November 30, 1966No. 286PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSharp, J.
Defendants’ first assignment of error challenges the admissibility of the affidavit of Mr. Frank Snepp, a member of the Legislature of 1959, to show the legislative purpose in enacting Chapter 745, Session Laws of 1959, which amended G.S. 18-78.1. This evidence was incompetent. More than a hundred years ago this Court held that “no evidence as to the motives of the Legislature can be heard to give operation to, or to take it from their acts. . . .” Drake v. Drake, 15 N.C. 110, 117. The meaning of a statute and the intention of the legislature which passed it cannot be shown by the testimony…
2Cases cited52 opinions
- State v. . PartlowSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1884
- State v. . DavisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1939
- Roller v. AllenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1957
- State v. . SigmonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1925
- G I Surplus Store, Inc. v. HunterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1962
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3Cited by28 opinions
- A-S-P Associates v. City of RaleighSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
- State Ex Rel. North Carolina Milk Commission v. National Food Stores, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
- State ex rel. Commissioner of Insurance v. North Carolina Automobile Rate Administrative OfficeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1978
- Nicholson v. State Education Assistance AuthoritySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1969
- State v. MemsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
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