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177 F.2d 841·
5th Cir.·
1949-12-01
A lien cannot be imposed on a wife's separate property for improvements made under an oral contract, even if the husband managed the property, without a written instrument signed and acknowledged by the wife as required by statute.
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2 Fla. Supp. 90·
Dade Cty. Cir. Ct.·
1948-03-31
This is a dissenting opinion arguing that Florida's interpretation of estates by the entirety, which grants immunity from creditors, is an illogical extension of common law and should be reconsidered.
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155 Fla. 638·
Fla.·
1945-03-02
The Florida Supreme Court held that a homestead exemption granted by a bankruptcy court's conciliation commissioner is binding on all creditors who participated in the agricultural composition proceeding, and creditors cannot later collaterally attack that exemption in state cour
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146 F.2d 168·
9th Cir.·
1944-12-18
The court held that the appellants' declaration of homestead was valid and their claimed exemption should be granted, as there was sufficient evidence of their actual residence on the premises at the time of the declaration.
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145 F.2d 953·
4th Cir.·
1944-11-13
The court held that levies of execution under Virginia law were validly made and not abandoned, and that a bankrupt's homestead exemption rights are determined by state law in effect at the time of filing the bankruptcy petition.
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152 Fla. 70·
Fla.·
1942-12-12
The Florida Supreme Court upheld the Broward County Port Authority's authority to issue $3.7 million in refunding bonds to refinance $4 million in bonds originally issued by the cities of Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale. The court rejected arguments that the refunding lacked voter
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146 Fla. 537·
Fla.·
1941-04-04
The Florida Supreme Court upheld the validity of refunding bonds issued by the Brevard County Board of Public Instruction to discharge outstanding bonds and interest from 1927. The court rejected arguments that the original bonds were invalid and that refunding bonds could not be
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146 Fla. 143·
Fla.·
1941-02-11
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's decision ordering a county to levy taxes against homesteads to satisfy a judgment. The court held that the right to levy taxes on all taxable property, including homesteads, was established at the time the judgment was rendered.
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144 Fla. 439·
Fla.·
1940-10-15
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed dismissal of a mandamus action seeking homestead tax exemption on non-contiguous property. The court held that a petitioner claiming homestead exemption must allege and prove that the parcels of land are contiguous, as required by the constituti
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136 Fla. 362·
Fla.·
1939-02-24
DeSoto County appealed a mandamus judgment requiring it to assess homestead property for taxation without exemption to generate revenue for paying the relator's interest coupons on county bonds. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the judgment did not violate Florida
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133 Fla. 383·
Fla.·
1938-07-08
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed a decree construing the Last Will and Testament of E. L. Wartmann with codicil. The case addressed how estate income should be distributed after the death of the testator's widow and whether the homestead property was subject to testamentary dis
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127 Fla. 706·
Fla.·
1937-04-17
This case concerns the annulment of a homestead exemption. The appellate court affirmed the lower court's decision, finding that the property in question was not the defendant's homestead at the time of the attachment levy, and thus was subject to the creditor's judgment.
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122 Fla. 639·
Fla.·
1935-11-27
Florida taxpayers challenge a 1935 state law (Chapter 16848) imposing graduated privilege taxes on retail stores, arguing the statute violates constitutional equal protection guarantees. The Florida Supreme Court upholds most of the law's structure but invalidates the graduated g
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110 Fla. 227·
Fla.·
1933-05-13
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the dismissal of a foreclosure action brought by a bank liquidator against a mortgagor's property where a judgment creditor held a superior legal title acquired through an earlier execution sale. The court held that the mortgaged land was exempt
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108 Fla. 513·
Fla.·
1933-03-02
This case involves a mortgage foreclosure where the appellants argued the mortgage was void because the notary and subscribing witnesses were employees of the mortgagee. The court affirmed the foreclosure, holding that corporate employees are not inherently disqualified from acti
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102 Fla. 611·
Fla.·
1931-07-28
The Florida Supreme Court reversed a lower court's decision, holding that the property owner was indeed the head of a family residing in the state and thus entitled to homestead protection.
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80 Fla. 486·
Fla.·
1920-07-27
The Florida Supreme Court reversed a partition decree, holding that a homestead property was exempt from attachment and execution sale, thus rendering the sale ineffective.
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79 Fla. 28·
Fla.·
1920-01-21
The Florida Supreme Court upheld an injunction preventing the sale of homestead real estate based on a judgment from a justice of the peace for a mechanic's lien. The Court held that justices of the peace lack authority to adjudicate liens on homestead real estate, and recording
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71 Fla. 647·
Fla.·
1916-05-31
This case concerns whether a contract for a joint venture in building and selling a house could be enforced through a laborer's lien. The court found that the contract did not contemplate such a lien and that a legal remedy was likely adequate, reversing the lower court's decisio
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71 Fla. 234·
Fla.·
1916-02-15
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's decision to dismiss a bill seeking to enjoin the setting aside of property as homestead exemption and to establish a lien for rent. The court found that waivers of homestead exemption and liens for rent in an expired lease did no
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23 Fla. 352·
Fla.·
1887-06-01
The court reversed a lower court's decision to overrule a demurrer, finding the bill of complaint was insufficient. The case involved a dispute over whether certain lands, acquired under a U.S. homestead act, were subject to a prior judgment debt.