Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1899

Bank v. . Burlington

Bank v. . Burlington
Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided March 21, 1899 · PER CURIAM:
32 S.E. 558; 124 N.C. 251; 1899 N.C. LEXIS 47 (South Eastern Reporter)

Bank v. . Burlington

Opinion of the Court

In this case Justice Clark did not sit, and the Court is evenly divided. According to the settled practice of appellate courts in such cases, the judgment below stands, not as a precedent, but as the decision in this case. Puryear v. Leach, 121 N.C. 255; (252)Durham v. R. R., 113 N.C. 240, and cases there cited.

AFFIRMED.

Cited: Barnes v. Public Service Co., 163 N.C. 365.

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