317 N.C. 144
343 S.E.2d 430
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided June 3, 1986
Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1986-06-03
Relies on Lynch v. Hazelwood · Lynch v. Hazelwood
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Decided 1986-06-03
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently November 2003
17 state decisions
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¶1 The Court is evenly divided. Under these circumstances, following the uniform practice of this Court and the ancient rule of praesumitur pro negante, the decision of the Court of Appeals is affirmed, not as precedent but as the decision in this case. Lynch v. Hazelwood, 312 N.C. 619, 324 S.E. 2d 224 (1985).
¶2 Affirmed.