Legal Opinion

Adams v. Adams

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 3, 1946PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TERRELL, J.:

Charles W. Adams died in March, 1945, leaving his widow, Emmie R. Adams, and two children, Charles W. Adams, Jr., and Mary Reynolds Adams, surviving him. He left as homestead property one hundred acres of citrus grove on which was a mature crop of fruit and a second crop which was not mature. In his will the deceased left the estate in trust for his widow and children, to share alike. The executors and the children brought this suit by way of declaratory decree to determine whether the proceeds of the two crops of fruit should go to the widow as part of the homestead or whether it…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Miller, Et Vir v. CarrSupreme Court of Florida · 1939
  2. Summerlin v. Orange Shores, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1929
  3. Simmons v. WillifordSupreme Court of Florida · 1910
  4. Griffith v. HulionSupreme Court of Florida · 1925
  5. Gentile Bros. v. BryanSupreme Court of Florida · 1931

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Bornstein v. SomersonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977
  2. Owen v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
  3. Chiglades Farm, Ltd. v. Earl L. Butz, Secretary of Agriculture of the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  4. Irrgang v. FahsDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1950
  5. Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1947

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