LaDane WILLIAMSON
v.
Laura M. BULLINGTON, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of William T. Bullington, Jr., Deceased.

Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P. by William P.H. Cary and Jessica M. Marlies, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

Rountree & Seagle, L.L.P. by George Rountree, III, and Charles S. Baldwin, IV, Wilmington; and Frink, Foy & Yount, P.A. by Henry G. Foy, South Port, for defendant-appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Justice EDMUNDS did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case. The remaining members of this Court were equally divided, with three members voting to affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals and three members voting to reverse. Therefore, the decision of the Court of Appeals is left undisturbed and stands without precedential value. See Reese v. Barbee, 350 N.C. 60, 510 S.E.2d 374 (1999); Nesbit v. Howard, 333 N.C. 782, 429 S.E.2d 730 (1993).

AFFIRMED.