53 N.C. App. 789 - Combs v. Woodie’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
2
states following
June 1992
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McDaris v. Breit Bar" T" Corporation · Cornelison v. . Hammond · McCanless v. . Ballard · Huffman v. . Pearson · Greer v. . Hayes
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where the true boundary is is a question of fact for the jury. What the boundary is is a question of law for the court.... That the surveyor may not give his opinion as to where the boundary is was early declared to be the rule in this jurisdiction in Stevens v. West, 51 N.C. 49 (1858).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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