Legal Opinion
Edward Bethell v. Veronica M. Peace
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 26, 1971No. 29311PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
October 4, 1962, Veronica Peace, defendant-appellant, a Florida real estate broker, persuaded all but one of seven co-owners of certain real estate in the Bahama Islands to sign in Florida an agreement to sell the Bahamian property to her. The six co-owners who signed were residents of Florida; the non-signing co-owner was a resident of the Bahamas. In November 1967 and June 1968 Peace filed two actions in the courts of the Bahama Islands to have the court specifically enforce the contract and quiet title in her. September 9, 1968, Edward Bethell, plaintiff-appellee,…
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