Case Name: J. B. White, as Chief of Police of the City of New Smyrna, Volusia County, Florida, Plaintiff in Error, v. Mrs. Hattie White, Defendant in Error
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1933-01-19
Citations: 108 Fla. 380
Docket Number: 
Parties: J. B. White, as Chief of Police of the City of New Smyrna, Volusia County, Florida, Plaintiff in Error, v. Mrs. Hattie White, Defendant in Error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 108
Pages: 380–389

Head Matter:
J. B. White, as Chief of Police of the City of New Smyrna, Volusia County, Florida, Plaintiff in Error, v. Mrs. Hattie White, Defendant in Error.
149 So. 375.
En Banc.
Decision filed January 19, 1933.
Decision on Rehearing filed January 14, 1933.
Francis P. Whitehair and Hull, Landis & Whitehair, for .Plaintiff in Error;
Z. Bass and Scarlett & Futch, for Defendant in Error. '

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
In this cause Mr. Chief Justice Buford, Mr. Justice Ellis and Mr. Justice Brown are of opinion that the judgment in this cause should be affirmed, while Mr. Justice Whitfield, Mr. Justice Terrell and Mr. Justice Davis are of opinion that the said judgment 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 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. R. 51, that the judgment of the Circuit Court in this cause be and the same is hereby affirmed.
Affirmed.
Buford, C. J., and Whitfield, Ellis, .Terrell, Brown and Davis, J. J., concur.