Case Name: H. C. Rorick, Spitzer Rorick and Company, Inc., et al., v. C. L. Chancey
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1938-10-26
Citations: 142 Fla. 290
Docket Number: 
Parties: H. C. Rorick, Spitzer Rorick and Company, Inc., et al., v. C. L. Chancey
Judges: Ellis, C. J., and Whitfield, Terrell, Brown and Chapman, J. J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 142
Pages: 290–306

Head Matter:
H. C. Rorick, Spitzer Rorick and Company, Inc., et al., v. C. L. Chancey
195 So. 418
Opinion Filed October 26, 1938
On Rehearing June 2, 1939
Rehearing Denied April 23, 1940
Alex Baker, Mitchell D. Price and Charles W. Zaring and Robert S. Florence, for Appellants;
C. A. Hiaasen and J. T. Chancey, for Appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
After argument on the rehearing granted in this case, Mr. Chief Justice Ellis, Mr. Justice AVi-iitfield and Mr. Justice Chapman are of the opinion that the judgment of affirmance entered by this Court in this cause on December 22, 1937, should be adhered to, while Mr. Justice Terrell, Mr. Justice Brown and Mr. Justice Buford are of the opinion that the said former holding of the Court should be receded from and the decree of the Circuit Court reversed. When members of the Supreme Court, sitting six members in a body and after full consultation, are permanently and equally divided in opinion as to whether the judgment of the Supreme Court should be adhered to on rehearing and the previous judgment of the Supreme Court should not be disturbed; therefore, it is considered, ordered and adjudged under the authority of. State ex rel. Hampton v. McClung, 47 Fla. 224, 37 Sou. Rep. 51, that the decree of the Circuit Court in this cause be and the same is hereby affirmed.
Ellis, C. J., and Whitfield, Terrell, Brown and Chapman, J. J., concur.
Buford, J., concurs specially.