Legal Opinion

Skipper v. Kingsdale Lumber Co.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided March 27, 1912PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal by defendant from Garter, J., at December Term, 1911, of EobesoN. Tbe facts are sufficiently stated in tbe opinion of tbe Court by Mr. Chief Justice Clark.

1Opinion of the Court

Olaeb:, C. J.

Tbe plaintiff moves to dismiss because tbe case on appeal bas not been settled in tbe manner required by Ee-visal, 591, wbicb requires tbat tbe appellant “shall cause to be prepared a concise statement of tbe case on appeal.” Instead of tbat, tbe entire evidence from tbe stenographer’s notes, covering 157 printed pages, bas been dumped into the record in tbe form of question and answer, though this bas been condemned in repeated decisions of this Court. Cressler v. Asheville, 138 N. C., 486, and numerous other cases. In Bucken v. R. R., 157 N. C., 443, Brown, J., said: “At tbe…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Bucken v. South & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
  2. Wright v. Southern RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
  3. Marcom v. Raleigh & Augusta Air Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
  4. Cressler v. Asheville.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
  5. Kinney v. North Carolina RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Casey v. East Carolina RailwaySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1930
  2. Tilghman v. . R. R.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1914
  3. Wallace v. Tallahassee Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1918
  4. Brewer v. Mineola Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
  5. Tilghman v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1914

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