Lee v. Bradley Fertilizer Co.
Supreme Court of Florida
This cause was decided by Division A. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Gadsden County. STATEMENT. 'On October 23rd, 1889, the firms of H. B. Clafiin & Co., Holder & Post, Lippmann Brothers and the corporation The Bradley Fertilizer Company filed their joint bill of complaint against the apellants.
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This cause was decided by Division A. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Gadsden County. STATEMENT. 'On October 23rd, 1889, the firms of H. B. Clafiin & Co., Holder & Post, Lippmann Brothers and the corporation The Bradley Fertilizer Company filed their joint bill of complaint against the apellants. To this original bill the defendants answered attaching to their answer two deeds as exhibits A and B, exhibit A being, a deed formally executed whereby William G. Lee and his wife Cornelia S. Lee remised, released and quit-claimed to Harry C. Lee and his heirs, executors, administrators and…
1Per curiam
(After stating the facts).
It nowhere appears in express terms from the pleadings in this cause that at the time of the filing of the bill the appellants were such heads of families as to entitle them to homestead exemptions under our constitution, but it does appear from the two deeds exhibited with their origin nal answer that they were both married men with living wives on the sixth day of January, 1887, which would then entitle them as heads of families to a homestead ex- eruption, and the rule is that a status once shown to exist is presumed to continue unless the contrary is expressly…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Worman v. GiddeyMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
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