Town of Madison v. Hopkins

187 So. 387, 136 Fla. 787, 1938 Fla. LEXIS 1377

Opinions

Per Curiam.

— In this cause Mr. Chief Justice Ellis, Mr. Justice Terrell and Mr. Justice Brown are of the opinion that the judgment of the Circuit Court should be reversed while Mr. Justice Wi-iitfield, Mr. Justice Buford and Mr. Justice Chapman, are of the oinion that the said judgment should be affirmed. 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.

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