In this cause Mr. Chief Justice ELLIS, Mr. Justice BUFORD and Mr. Justice CHAPMAN are of the opinion that the judgment of the Circuit Court herein should *Page 866 be affirmed while Mr. Justice WHITFIELD, Mr. Justice TERRELL and Mr. Justice BROWN, 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 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 judgment 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.2d R. 51, that the judgment 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.