36 N.C. App. 633 - Shields v. Prendergast’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
3
states following
September 1985
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Palmer v. Palmer · Caldwell v. . Rodman · Knapp v. Greene · Environics, Inc. v. Pratt · Ervin v. . Brooks
Most-quoted passages
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““ ‘The debt which constitutes the cause of action arises immediately on the loan. It is quite clear that a promissory note, payable on demand, is a present debt and is payable without any demand, and the statute begins to run from the date of it.’ ” Id. at 634 , 244 S.E.2d at 476 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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