Case Name: THE FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, etc., as Administrator of the Estate of Houston Napoleon Gardner, deceased, v. R. HAL GARDNER
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1944-08-01
Citations: 154 Fla. 801
Docket Number: 
Parties: THE FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, etc., as Administrator of the Estate of Houston Napoleon Gardner, deceased, v. R. HAL GARDNER.
Judges: BUFORD, C. J., TERRELL, CHAPMAN, ADAMS and THOMAS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 154
Pages: 801–812

Head Matter:
THE FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, etc., as Administrator of the Estate of Houston Napoleon Gardner, deceased, v. R. HAL GARDNER.
19 So. (2nd) 5
June Term, 1944
August 1, 1944
En Banc
Rehearing denied September 15, 1944
Ed W. Harris, for appellant.
Knight & Thompson, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Two members of the Court, Mr. Justice BROWN and Mr. Justice ADAMS, hold the view that the decree should be affirmed because the admiinstrator could not set off against a distributee's share of the estate the amount of a note, against which the statute of limitations had run, given by the distributee to the intestate. Honorable E. C. Welch, Circuit Judge, sitting in place of Mr. Justice SEBRING, believes the decree should be affirmed, regardless of that phase of the litigation, because of .Section 734.27, Florida Statutes, 1941, and F.S.A. Chief Justice BUFORD, Justices TERRELL, CHAPMAN and THOMAS are of the opinion, that the decree should be reversed because neither statute applies.
Therefore, a majority having agreed to a reversal of the decree appealed from, the same is hereby reversed without opinion.
It is so ordered.
BUFORD, C. J., TERRELL, CHAPMAN, ADAMS and THOMAS, JJ., concur.
BROWN, J., and WELCH, Circuit Judge, dissent. '
SEBRING, J., disqualified.