Court Opinion

ID: 3380979
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-05 18:28:37.510211+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:21:02.220183
License: Public Domain

In this cause Mr. Chief Justice WHITFIELD, Mr. Justice TERRELL and Mr. Justice BROWN are of the opinion that the judgenmt of the Circuit Court should be affirmed, while Mr. Presiding Justice ELLIS, Mr. Justice BUFORD and Mr. Justice DAVIS are of the opinion that the said judgment should be reversed for a new trial. When the members of the Supreme Court sitting six members in a body and after full consultation, it appears that *Page 704 
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 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. Rep. 51, that the judgment of the Circuit Court in this cause be and the same is hereby affirmed.
Affirmed.
WHITFIELD, C.J., and ELLIS, TERRELL, BROWN, BUFORD and DAVIS, J.J., concur.