Carter v. Ramsey

In this Mr. Chief Justice WHITFIELD, Mr. Justice BROWN and Mr. Justice DAVIS are of the opinion that the judgment of the Circuit Court should be reversed, while Mr. Presiding Justice ELLIS, Mr. Justice TERRELL and Mr. Justice BUFORD are of the opinion that the judgment of the Circuit Court 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 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.