Brown v. Mitchell

THOMAS, Chief Justice.

The court granted a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the District Court of Appeal, First District, Mitchell v. Brown, Fla.App.1959, 114 So.2d 178, which apparently conflicted with a decision of this court in Grimsley v. Rosenberg, 94 Fla. 673, 114 So. 553, dealing with the same point of law. Sec. 4, Art. V of the Constitution as amended 6 November 1956, F.S.A.

The petitioner, Georgia Olena Brown, filed in the circuit court a suit to establish a constructive trust in certain real property. It was alleged that L. L. Davis, petitioner’s ward, became the owner of…