Court Opinion

ID: 6706890
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-20 22:26:07.079411+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:01:27.790679
License: Public Domain

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.