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E. F. BLANKENSHIP COMPANY v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, WILLIAM R. ROBERSON, JR., SECRETARY, OF THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, and NORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATOR, BILLY ROSE
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.
Affirmed.
Justice WEBB did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.