Tate's Administrator v. Jones'
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Jackson county. This case was commenced iri the Circuit Court for Calhoun .county, prior to the adoption of the Code, and transferred, by consent, to Jackson county. Jeremiah Tate died pending the suit, and it was revived by his administrator, Sea- . born Tate. The final decree was rendered subsequent to .the adoption of the Code. The other facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the ■court.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief-Jtjstioe
delivered the opinion of the court.
This suit was commenced in 1866 by Jeremiah Tate in his life time against the executor and heirs at law of Robert S. Jones, for the purpose of enforcing the specific performance of an agreement, not in writing, for the conveyance of lands in Calhoun county alleged to have been made in June, 1863, between Robert S. Jones and Jeremiah Tate.
The bill alleges that Jones and Tate entered into an. agreement, whereby Jones agreed to sell and convey to-Tate the lands described for the sum of five hundred dollars, on which land was an orange grove…
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