CITY OF ORLANDO
v.
W. HOPPS

Fla. | 1949-06-07
40 So.2d 840 Florida Supreme Court (1949) Caution
Also reported at: 40 So. 2d 840 · 1949 Fla. LEXIS 1425
Cited by 21 cases


Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam

Affirmed on authority of City of St. Petersburg v. Certain Lands, etc., et al., 158 Fla. 377, 28 So. 2d 537 and Ozark Corporation v. Pattishall, 135 Fla. 610, 185 So. 333. See also that part of Section 1 of Chapter 22079, Laws of Florida 1943, F.S.A. § 192.21, which reads as follows:

"All provisions of law now existing or which may be hereafter enacted relating to the assessment and collection of revenue (unless otherwise specifically so declared) shall be deemed and held to be directory only, designed for the orderly arrangement of records and procedure of officers in enforcing the revenue laws of the state".

Affirmed.

ADAMS, C.J., and CHAPMAN, SEBRING and HOBSON, JJ., concur.


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  • Denham v. Sexton, 48 So. 2d 416 (Fla. 1950)
    …cle shall be construed to prevent the holder of a homestead from alienating his or her homestead * * * by deed or mortgage duly executed by himself or herself, and by husband and wife, if such relation exists * * *." See Scoville v. Scoville, Fla., 40 So. 2d 840. Manifestly, the facts of the case at bar do not bring the appellant within that class of cases wherein the court has held the giving of consideration to be necessary as a condition to the validity of a deed. But even if they did, there would be a…
  • Regero v. Daugherty, 69 So. 2d 178 (Fla. 1953)
    …construed to prevent the holder of a homestead from alienating his or her homestead * * * by deed or mortgage duly executed by himself or herself, and by husband and wife, if 'such relation exists * * (Emphasis supplied.) Scoville v. Scoville, Fla., 40 So. 2d 840. The only restriction in respect to the alienation of a homestead by deed or mortgage, duly executed by the husband and wife, or by the surviving spouse when such spouse is vested with the whole estate in the property, is that the conveyance .may be…
  • Scott v. Hotel Martinique, 48 So. 2d 160 (Fla. 1950)
    …to acknowledge the instrument operates as a bar to a suit for specific performance of the contract. There is no merit to this contention. With respect to the alienation of homestead property, this court stated in Scoville v. Scoville et al., Fla., 40 So. 2d 840, 842, that "The only express restriction placed by Florida law upon the voluntary alienation of homestead property by deed, even in those cases where the homesteader has children or other dependents, are those contained in sections 1 and 4 of Articl…

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