Union Indemnity Co. v. Worthingstun
Supreme Court of Florida
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
questions presented are one of subrogation and whether one’s homestead may be subjected to payment of indebtedness for material and labor used to repair buildings upon the homestead property. These questions are both independent and interdependent, so that if either is decided against the appellant the other need not be considered, yet if either should be decided in favor of the appellant the other would also have to be considered.
The questions grew out of the following facts: In May, 1924, C. A. Worthingstun, a married man, owned a certain lot in Fairburn Subdivision in Hillsborough -County.…
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- Phillips v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- North Bay Shore Land Co. v. PerrySupreme Court of Florida · 1923
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