Earp & Shriver, Inc. v. Earp

GRIMES, Acting Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment declaring void a deed for lack of subscribing witnesses as required by section 689.01, Florida Statutes (1979).

In March of 1971, Hettie Earp and her husband, Fogel F. Earp, acquired certain real estate in the city of Lakeland. There was a house standing on a portion of the land, but the balance of the property was unimproved. On May 19, 1972, Mr. and Mrs. Earp executed a facially valid warranty deed conveying the property to Earp & Shriver, Inc., a West Virginia corporation owned and controlled by Mr. Earp. The deed was recorded on…