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5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 33 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Weil v. . Herring.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Weil v. . Herring Anchor
nc · 1934
green “the law does not permit parties to swap horses between courts in order to get a better mount” 17
2 Parrish v. Bryant
nc · 1953
green “the theory upon which a case is tried in the lower court must prevail in considering the appeal and interpreting the record and determining the validity of the exceptions.” 4
3 Matter of Peirce
· 1981
green “recording machines in lieu of a court reporter,” 3
4 Weil v. . Herring
nc · 1934
green “an examination of the record discloses that the cause was not tried upon that theory, and the law does not permit parties to swap horses between courts in order to get a better mount on appeal.” 3

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