# Smith Bros. Inc. v. Williams

> Supreme Court of Florida · November 25, 1930 · 100 Fla. 667

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3382955

## Case

- **Full name:** Smith Brothers, Inc., a Corporation, Appellant, v. W. A. Williams, Et Al., Appellees
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Florida
- **Decided:** November 25, 1930
- **Citations:** 100 Fla. 667; 131 So. 335
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Brown, Buford, Ellis, Strum, Terrell, Whitfield
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Upon rehearing Mr. Chief Justice TERRELL, Mr. Justice WHITFIELD and Mr. Justice STRUM are of the opinion that the decree in this cause should be reversed, while Mr. Justice ELLIS, Mr. Justice BUFORD and Mr. Justice BROWN are of the opinion that the decree 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 *Page 668
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.

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