Case Name: The Gregg Corporation, a Corporation, Plaintiff in Error, v. R. B. Burdine and A. J. Cleary, Defendants in Error
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1930-05-14
Citations: 100 Fla. 1751
Docket Number: 
Parties: The Gregg Corporation, a Corporation, Plaintiff in Error, v. R. B. Burdine and A. J. Cleary, Defendants in Error.
Judges: Terrell, C. J., and Whitfield, Ellis, Strum, Brown and Buford, J. J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 100
Pages: 1751–1756

Head Matter:
The Gregg Corporation, a Corporation, Plaintiff in Error, v. R. B. Burdine and A. J. Cleary, Defendants in Error.
En Banc.
Opinion filed May 14, 1930..
Petition for rehearing denied September 4, 1930.
Crawford & May, for Plaintiff in Error;
Burdine, Terry & Fleming, for Defendants in Error.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
In this cause Mr. Justice Ellis, Mr. Justice Brown and Mr. Justice Buford are of the opinion that the order of the circuit court sustaining the demurrer should be affirmed, while Mr. Chief Justice Terrell and Mr. Justice Whitfield and Mr. Justice Strum are of the opinion that the said order should be reversed. When it appears that the members of the Court are permanently and equally divided in opinion as to whether a judgment should be affirmed or reversed, and there is .no prospect of an immedi ate change in the personnel of the Court, the judgment should be affirmed. Therefore, it is considered, ordered and adjudged that the judgment of the circuit court in this cause bei and the same is hereby affirmed on the authority of State ex rel. Hampton v. McClung, 47 Fla. 224, 37 So. R. 51.
Terrell, C. J., and Whitfield, Ellis, Strum, Brown and Buford, J. J., concur.
Per Curiam.
The amended declaration herein does not wholly fail to state a cause of action, therefore the demurrer thereto should have been overruled. Wertz v. Tampa Electric Co., 78 Fla. 405, 83 So. R. 270; Peterson v. Oscar Daniels Co., 83 Fla. 29, 90 So. R. 621; Pero v. Corley, 87 Fla. 448, 100 So. R. 748; Foster v. St. Johns Electric Co., 86 Fla. 338, 98 So. R. 75; McDonald v. Exchange Supply Co., 88 Fla. 80, 101 So. R. 28; Cummings Mach. Works v. Clark, 89 Fla. 383, 105 So. R. 100; Hawkins v. Shore Acres Properties, 93 Fla. 670, 112 So. R. 61; Yon v. Pinellas County Power Co., 93 Fla. 503, 112 So. R. 50; Carlton v. F. E. C. Ry. Co., 95 Fla. 596, 116 So. R. 870.
The judgment rendered on the demurrer should be reversed.
Terrell, C. J., and Whitfield and Strum, J., concur.
Ellis, Brown and Buford, J. J., dissent.