#### WAYNE JACK BOYD and LINDA BOYD v. EZRA B. DRUM, JESSIE S. DRUM, BALLS CREEK SALVAGE CO., INC., JAMES G. READ and BALLS CREEK SALVAGE CO. AUTO DISMANTLERS & RECYCLERS, INC.

No. 261A98

(Filed 4 March 1999)

Appeal by plaintiffs pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 129 N.C. App. 586, 501 S.E.2d 91 (1998), affirming a judgment entered by Baker, J., on 11 March 1997 in Superior Court, Catawba County. Heard in the Supreme Court 8 February 1999.

Ruff, Bond, Cobb, Wake & Bethune, L.L.P, by Robert S. Adden, Jr., for plaintiff-appellants.

Waddell, Mullinax & Williams, L.L.P., by Lewis E. Waddell, Jr., for defendant-appellees Ezra and Jessie Drum and Balls Creek Salvage Co., Inc.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.