Legal Opinion

J. W. McWilliams Co. v. Fort Myers Development Corp.

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided April 16, 1932PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.

J. W. McWilliams Company, a corporation, owned in 1925 a large tract of land in Lee County containing about twenty-three thousand six hundred and fifty-two acres which it contracted to' sell to Irving Walker at the price of seventy-five dollars per acre but at Walker’s request entered into a contract with him in which the price was stated to be ninety dollars per acre and by letter addressed to him dated New York, June 12, 1925, agreed in consideration of Walker “handling the tract of land” to accept his two cheeks aggregating three hundred and fifty-four thousand seven hundred and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Fort Myers Development Corp. v. J. W. McWilliams Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1929
  2. Peacock v. Our Home Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Florida · 1917
  3. First National Bank v. UlmerSupreme Court of Florida · 1913
  4. Smith v. Fidelity Trust Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1928

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Palm Beach Estates v. CrokerSupreme Court of Florida · 1932
  2. TINWOOD NV v. Sun Banks, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990

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