Legal Opinion
Sheeler v. US Bank of Seminole
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided October 12, 1973No. 71-935PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
283 So.2d 566 (1973)
Lester SHEELER et al., Appellants,
v.
UNITED STATES BANK OF SEMINOLE, etc., et al., Appellees.
No. 71-935.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
October 12, 1973.
Gary H. Neely, Daytona Beach, for appellants.
No appearance for appellee.
WALDEN, Judge.
In response to appellants' Point II, are monies held in a joint bank account of a husband and wife as a tenancy by the entirety subject to garnishment (or execution) to pay the individual debt of one of the parties? The answer is "no" and we so hold.
The trial court had answered this question in the affirmative, relying…
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