Case Name: John Tivas v. Anna M. Tivas
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1940-03-08
Citations: 142 Fla. 207
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Tivas v. Anna M. Tivas
Judges: Terrell, C. J., Whitfield, Brown, Buford, Chapman and Thomas, J. J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 142
Pages: 207–210

Head Matter:
John Tivas v. Anna M. Tivas
194 So. 796
En Banc
Opinion Filed March 8, 1940
Rehearing Denied April 4, 1940
Osmond Bie and /. Carl Lambdin, for Appellant;
Clair A. Davis, for Appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
In this cause Mr. Chief Justice Terrell, Mr. Justice Brown and Mr. Justice Ti-iomas are of opinion that the decree in this cause should be affirmed while Mr. Justice Whitfield, Mr. Justice Buford and Mr. Justice Chapman are of opinion that the said decree should be reversed. 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 decree should be affirmed 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 So. R. 51, that the decree of the Circuit Court in this cause be and the same is hereby affirmed.
Affirmed.
Terrell, C. J., Whitfield, Brown, Buford, Chapman and Thomas, J. J., concur.