Legal Opinion

Lindgren v. Van Fleet

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 6, 1958No. 57-75PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GIBLIN, VINCENT C., Associate Judge.

A vital question presented by this appeal is whether an oral contract for the conveyance of the appellant husband’s land, and for the relinquishment of the appellant wife’s inchoate dower interest in the land, is specifically enforceable.

By its final decree (from which this appeal has been prosecuted), the court below answered the question in the affirmative.

We are impelled, however, by the provisions of section 708.07, Fla.Stat., F.S.A., and the opinions and decisions of our Supreme Court in Berlin v. Jacobs, 156 Fla. 773, 24 So.2d 717, Dixon v. Clayton,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Zimmerman v. DiedrichSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
  2. Dixon v. ClaytonSupreme Court of Florida · 1949
  3. Berlin v. JacobsSupreme Court of Florida · 1945
  4. Bland v. KnoblockSupreme Court of Florida · 1926

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Van Fleet v. LindgrenSupreme Court of Florida · 1958
  2. Williams v. NoelDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1958
  3. Lindgren v. Van FleetDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1959
  4. Spechler v. Van FleetDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1958

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