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8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 31 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 Dickinson v. Pake.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dickinson v. Pake Anchor | green | “a mere permissive use of a way over another's land, however long it may be continued, can never ripen into an easement by prescription.” | 9 |
| 2 | North Carolina Department of Transportation v. Stagecoach Village | green | “interlocutory orders concerning title or area taken must be immediately appealed as 'vital preliminary issues' involving substantial rights adversely affected.” | 4 |
| 3 | Anthony Marano Co. v. Jones | green | “when the trial court sits without a jury, the standard of review on appeal is whether there was competent evidence to support the trial court's findings of fact and whether the conclusions of law were proper in light of such facts.” | 3 |
| 4 | Anthony Marano Co. v. Jones | green | “there is an arrow leader pointing from the parking area to the laundromat on the top of the sign, and then it says suds your duds laundromat.” | 3 |
| 5 | Long v. Long | green | “the mere introduction of evidence does not entitle the proponent to a finding thereon, since the trial court must pass on its weight and credibility.” | 3 |
| 6 | Beroth Oil Co. v. N.C. Dep't of Transp. | green | “seeks to protect courts, not litigants, from individuals who would play fast and loose with the judicial system,' and it is an inherently flexible and discretionary doctrine.” | 3 |
| 7 | Yadkin Valley Land Co. v. Baker | green | “mere permissive use of a way over another's land cannot ripen into an easement by prescription no matter how long it continues.” | 3 |
| 8 | Yadkin Valley Land Co. v. Baker | green | “prescriptive easements are not favored in the law, and the burden is therefore on the claiming party to prove every essential element thereof.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.