State v. . Lea

This is a summary motion made under authority of S. v. Ice Co., 166 N. C., 403, 81 S. E., 956, to reconsider tbe opinion filed in this case before it is certified down, and to order a reargument or to reverse tbe decision.

Counsel bave misconceived tbe scope and purpose of tbe decision in the Ice Company case. It was not there intended to authorize such a motion as a substitute for a rehearing, or an appeal from this Court to itself, but only to correct some patent error, or to prevent a clear miscarriage of justice. Teeter v. Express Co., 172 N. C., 620, 90 S. E., 927.

True, if by inadvertence…