Bolles v. O'Brien
Supreme Court of Florida
Appealed from the Circuit Court for Duval County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
— A suit in equity was brought by Bolles to cancel an instrument of writing relating to lands, or to dissolve the co-partnership, if any exists, under the instrument, upon the theory that because of the relation of attorney and client existing between O’Brien and Bolles with reference to the lands, the circumstances under which the instrument was prepared by O’Brien, the attorney, and signed by Bolles, and the lack of consideration on the part of O’Brien for the interest he claims, the agreement is an imposition upon Bolles and any recognition or enforcement of it inequitable to Bolles. The…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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