Manatee Loan & Mortgage Co. v. Manley's Estate

The declaration contains the common counts in assumpsit and a special count predicated upon an alleged liability of deceased resulting from his connection with a real estate deal in Florida. _ Plea, general denial. Trial by jury. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence each party moved for a directed verdict. Defendant’s motion was denied and plaintiff’s motion was granted, all subject to defendant’s exceptions.

There is no material conflict in the evidence. It tends to show the following: In January,- 1926, the deceased entered into an agreement with W. W. Hodgman to buy certain land in Florida…