Normandy Beach Properties Corp. v. Norris

129 So. 743, 100 Fla. 408

• Court: Supreme Court of Florida
• Decided: July 31, 1930
• Status: Published

Opinion

Per -Curiam.

— In this cause Mr. Chief Justice Terrell, Mr. Justice Whitfield and Mr. Justice Brown are of the opinion that the order of the Circuit Court should be reversed, while Mr. Justice Ellis, Mr. Justice Strum and Mr. Justice Buford are of the opinion that the said order-should be affirmed. When it appears that the members of the court are permanently and equally divided-in opinion as to whether a 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 adj udged that the order of the Circuit Court in this cause be and the same is hereby affirmed on the authority of State ex rel Hampton v. McClung, 47 Fla. 224, 37 So. R. 51.

Terrell, C. J., and Whitfield, Ellis, Strum, Brown and Buford, J. J., concur.