Case Name: WILLIAM DOUGLAS VICK and PATRICIA VICK v. DARRELL ST. CLAIR DAVIS
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1986-07-02
Citations: 317 N.C. 328
Docket Number: No. 654A85
Parties: WILLIAM DOUGLAS VICK and PATRICIA VICK v. DARRELL ST. CLAIR DAVIS
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 317
Pages: 328–329

Head Matter:
WILLIAM DOUGLAS VICK and PATRICIA VICK v. DARRELL ST. CLAIR DAVIS
No. 654A85
(Filed 2 July 1986)
Appeal and Error § 46— evenly divided court — Court of Appeals decision affirmed —no precedent
Where one member of the Supreme Court recused himself, and the remaining members of the Supreme Court were evenly divided, the decision of the Court of Appeals was affirmed but stood without precedential value.
Appeal by defendant pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, reported in 77 N.C. App. 359, 335 S.E. 2d 197 (1985), which affirmed default judgment against defendant signed by Brannon, J., on 18 December 1984, in Superior Court, WAKE County. Heard in the Supreme Court 12 March 1986.
Sanford Adams McCullough & Beard, by Charles C. Meeker and Cynthia Leigh Wittmer, for plaintiff-appellees.
Moore, Ragsdale, Liggett, Ray & Foley, P.A., by George R. Ragsdale, Nancy Dail Fountain, and Jane Flowers Finch, for defendant-appe llant.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Justice Martin having recused, the Court is evenly divided. Under these circumstances, following the uniform practice of this Court, 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).
Affirmed.