Case Name: James W. Stewart, Sr., and Adel Stewart, his wife, Appellants, vs. C. L. Gaines Appellee
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1931-06-02
Citations: 103 Fla. 268
Docket Number: 
Parties: James W. Stewart, Sr., and Adel Stewart, his wife, Appellants, vs. C. L. Gaines Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 103
Pages: 268–280

Head Matter:
James W. Stewart, Sr., and Adel Stewart, his wife, Appellants, vs. C. L. Gaines Appellee.
137 So. 794.
138 So. 476.
Opinion filed June 2, 1931.
Opinion on Rehearing filed October 26, 1931.
Opinion on Rehearing filed December 7, 1931.
L. E. Wade, of Green Cove Springs, for Appellants;
E. J. L’Engle and J. W. Shands, of Jacksonville, for Appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
In this cause Mr. Justice Whitfield, Mr. Justice Ellis and Mr. Justice Terrell are of opinion that the decree of the Circuit Court should be affirmed, while Mr. Chief Justice Buford, Mr. Justice Brown and Mr. Justice Davis are of opinion that the decree should be reversed. When the members, of the Supreme Court are 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 decree should be af firmed or reversed, and there is no prospect of an immediate change in the personnel of the court, the decree should be affirmed; therefore it is considered, ordered and adjudged under the authority of State ex rel. Hampton v. McClung, 47 Fla. 224, 37 South. Rep. 51, that the decree of the Circuit Court in this cause be and the same is hereby affirmed.
Buford, C.J., and Whitfield, Ellis, Terrell, Brown and Davis, J.J., concur.