Case Name: J. Thomas Gurney, et al., as members of and constituting the County Budget Commission of Orange County, v. State, ex rel. Cary D. Landis, as Attorney General
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1936-05-14
Citations: 124 Fla. 280
Docket Number: 
Parties: J. Thomas Gurney, et al., as members of and constituting the County Budget Commission of Orange County, v. State, ex rel. Cary D. Landis, as Attorney General.
Judges: Whitfield, C. J., and Ellis, Terrell, Brown, Buford and Davis, J. J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 124
Pages: 280–281

Head Matter:
J. Thomas Gurney, et al., as members of and constituting the County Budget Commission of Orange County, v. State, ex rel. Cary D. Landis, as Attorney General.
168 So. 245.
Opinion Filed May 14, 1936.
Tilden & Hays and W. H. Poe, for Plaintiffs in Error;
Cary D. Landis, Attorney General, Robert J. Pleus, Assistant, and Baker & Thornal, for Defendant in Error.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
In this case Mr. Chief Justice Whitfield, Mr. Justice Terrell and Mr. Justice Davis are of the opinion that the judgment of the Circuit Court should be reversed, while Mr. Presiding Justice Ellis and Mr. Justice Brown and Mr. Justice Buford are of the opinion that the said judgment should be affirmed. When the members of the Supreme Court, sitting six members in a body and after full consultation, it appears that the members of the Court are permanently and equally divided in opinion as to whether the judgment should be affirmed or reversed, and there is no prospect of an immediate change in the personnel of the Court, the judgment should be affirmed; therefore it is considered, ordered and adjudged under the authority of State, ex rel. Hampton, v. McClung, 47 Fla. 224, 37 So. Rep. 51, that the judgment of the Circuit Court in this cause be and the same is hereby affirmed.
Affirmed.
Whitfield, C. J., and Ellis, Terrell, Brown, Buford and Davis, J. J., concur.