Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1978

Townsend v. Norfolk & Southern Railway Co.

Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided December 29, 1978 · Britt

249 S.E.2d 801; 296 N.C. 246; 1978 N.C. LEXIS 933 (South Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

Cases that cite this one

8 later published cases cite this decision.

Hasty v. Turner (N.C. Ct. App. 1981)
Greenhill v. Crabtree (N.C. 1980)
Wayfaring Home, Inc. v. Ward (N.C. 1980)
Greenhill v. Crabtree (N.C. 1980)
Wachovia Mortgage Co. v. Autry-Barker-Spurrier Real Estate, Inc. (N.C. 1979)
State v. Greene (N.C. 1979)
State v. Charlotte Liberty Mutual Insurance (N.C. 1979)
Mansfield v. Anderson (N.C. Ct. App. 1979)

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Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Justice David M. Britt, being a member of the panel of the Court of Appeals which decided the case, did not sit in the appeal to this Court. The remaining six justices are equally divided as to whether the trial court erred in denying defendants’ motions for a dircted verdict, for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial. Thus, the opinion of the Court of Appeals is affirmed without precedential value in accordance with the usual practice in this situation. See, eg., State v. Johnson, 286 N.C. 331, 210 S.E. 2d 260 (1974) and cases cited therein.

Affirmed.

Justice BRITT did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.

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