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SAWYER v. COX

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Nov 1, 1938
199 S.E. 379 (N.C. 1938)

Opinion

(Filed 9 November, 1938.)

Appeal and Error § 38 —

When the Supreme Court is evenly divided in opinion, one Justice not sitting, the judgment of the Superior Court will be affirmed without becoming a precedent.

APPEAL by defendant from Burgwyn, Special Judge, at May Special Term, 1938, of RANDOLPH.

L. T. Hammond and J. A. Spence for plaintiff Cora Sawyer, appellee.

J. G. Prevette and Daniel L. Bell for defendant, appellant.


This was an action to recover damages for breach of contract for rental of a certain mill for grinding corn and other grains, and for amount due for board furnished.

From judgment that the plaintiff administrator recover nothing on the rental contract, and that the feme plaintiff recover of the defendant $775.00 on account of board furnished, the defendant appealed, assigning errors.


The Court being evenly divided in opinion, Stacy, C. J., not sitting, the judgment of the Superior Court is affirmed, as the disposition of this appeal, without becoming a precedent, in accord with the practice of the Court. Collins v. Ins. Co., 213 N.C. 800.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

SAWYER v. COX

Supreme Court of North Carolina
Nov 1, 1938
199 S.E. 379 (N.C. 1938)
Case details for

SAWYER v. COX

Case Details

Full title:HENRY SAWYER, ADMINISTRATOR OF J. L. SAWYER, AND CORA SAWYAR, v. T. L. COX

Court:Supreme Court of North Carolina

Date published: Nov 1, 1938

Citations

199 S.E. 379 (N.C. 1938)
199 S.E. 379