(Filed 20 September, 1933.)
Api>eal 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 Alley, J., at February Term, 1933, of BUNCOMBE.
Civil action for debt and to foreclose mortgage.
From a verdict and judgment for defendants, the plaintiff appeals, assigning errors.
Charles E. J ones and Arthur W. Holler, Jr., for plaintiff.
J. E. Swain for defendants.
The Court being evenly divided in opinion, Brogden, J., not sitting, the judgment stands affirmed without becoming a precedent *835in accordance with the general rule of appellate courts in such situations. Garrison v. R. R., 202 N. C., 851, 164 S. E., 115; Nebel v. Nebel, 201 N. C., 840, 161 S. E., 223; Durham v. Lloyd, 200 N. C., 803, 157 S. E., 136.
Affirmed.