Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1985

Lynch v. Hazelwood

Supreme Court of North Carolina · Decided January 8, 1985 · Consideration, Vaughn

312 N.C. 619; 324 S.E.2d 224; 1985 N.C. LEXIS 1483

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

In re the Appeal of K-Mart Corp. (N.C. 1987)
State v. Moore (N.C. 1986)
Vick v. Davis (N.C. 1986)

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

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. Durham v. R.R., 113 N.C. 240, 18 S.E. 208 (1893); Reg. v. Millis, 8 Eng. Rep. 844 (1844).

Affirmed.

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

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