| Fla. | Mar 26, 1934
Lead Opinion
Since this case was argued and submitted this Court has decided the cases of Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. City of Winter Haven,
In order that the present case may be reconsidered in the court below in the light of the rule of law stated in the above mentioned cases decided here subsequent to the entry of the present appeal in this case, it is ordered that the decree appealed from be reversed without prejudice, and that this cause be remanded to the Circuit Court for further proceedings therein, with leave to each of the parties to make such amendments to the pleadings and to offer such additional evidence as the chancellor may allow in order to have the controversy properly re-presented to the court for reconsideration in the light of applicable provisions of law. The costs of the present appeal are initially taxed against the appellants, without prejudice to appellants' right to move that the same be hereafter allowed and taxed in whole or in part against the appellee, should appellants ultimately prevail in the present litigation.
Decree reversed without prejudice and cause remanded for further proceedings in circuit court.
DAVIS, C. J., and WHITFIELD, TERRELL and BROWN, J. J., concur.
BUFORD, J., concurs specially.
Concurrence Opinion
I concur in the conclusions reached by the majority opinion but in addition to what is said there as reasons for reversal, I think the final decree should be reversed on authority of the opinion and *352
judgment in the case of State, et al., v. Hillsborough County, filed in this Court on December 23, 1933, and reported in