Case Name: Mamie Sheffield, Plaintiff in Error, v. State of Florida, Defendant in Error
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1930-05-14
Citations: 99 Fla. 1098
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mamie Sheffield, Plaintiff in Error, v. State of Florida, Defendant in Error.
Judges: Terrell, C. J., and Whitfield, Ellis, Strum, Brown and Buford, J. J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 99
Pages: 1098–1099

Head Matter:
Mamie Sheffield, Plaintiff in Error, v. State of Florida, Defendant in Error.
En Banc.
Opinion filed May 14, 1930.
Petition for rehearing denied June 18, .1930.
J ones <& Green, for Plaintiff in Error;
Fred H. Davis, Attorney General, and Boy Campbell, Assistant', for the State.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
In this cause Mr. Chief Justice Terrell, Mr. Justice Ellis and Mr. Justice Brown are of the opinion that the judgment of the circuit court should be affirmed, while Mr. Justice Whitfield, Mr. Justice Strum and Mr. Justice Buford are of the opinion that the said judgment 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 immediate 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 be 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.