Powers v. Scales
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division A. Appealed from the Circuit Court for Manatee County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
A bill in the nature of a bill of review was brought by the appellees for the purpose of securing a rehearing of a cause wherein the appellant was complainant and the appellee J. M. Scales was sole defendant in which cause a decree had been rendered against, said J. M. Scales. The ground upon which the rehearing is sought is in effect that an error of law was committed in decreeing the specific performance of a contract for the sale of homestead real estate. The wife joined in the contract to sell the homestead but was not made a party to the proceedings for specific performance. She refused…
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