Case Name: LESTER MARTIN, Administrator of SALLIE MARTIN, Deceased, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al.
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1935-10-09
Citations: 208 N.C. 843
Docket Number: 
Parties: LESTER MARTIN, Administrator of SALLIE MARTIN, Deceased, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 208
Pages: 843–843

Head Matter:
LESTER MARTIN, Administrator of SALLIE MARTIN, Deceased, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al.
(Filed 9 October, 1935.)
Appeal and Error J d—
Where the Supreme Court is evenly divided in opinion, one Justice not sitting, the judgment of the lower court will be affirmed without becoming a precedent.
Appeal by plaintiff from Harding, J., at July Term, 1935, of McDowell.
Affirmed.
Tbis is an action to recover damages for the death o-f plaintiff’s intestate, who was struck and killed by an engine owned and operated by defendant Southern Railway Company, while she was walking on defendant’s track.
From judgment dismissing the action as of nonsuit at the close of all the evidence, plaintiff appealed to the Supreme Court, assigning error in the judgment.
Morgan & Storey for plaintiff.
B. Q. Kelly, Winborne & Proctor, and Ervin & Ervin for defendant.

Opinion:
Peb Ctjbiam.
The Court being evenly divided in opinion, Justice Brogden not sitting, the judgment of the Superior Court is affirmed, as the disposition of this appeal, without becoming a precedent, in accordance with the practice of the Court. See Trust Co. v. Hood, 207 N. C., 862, 177 S. E., 16.
Affirmed.