M. J. Hoffman Construction Co. v. Ward

M. J. Hoffman Construction Company, a foreign corporation doing business in Florida, exhibited its bill in chancery to subject a married woman’s separate statutory property, consisting of a lot in Beacon Manor in Dade County and the improvements thereon, to the pay ment of a claim for labor and materials furnished in the construction of the building.

The defendants named are Mrs. Mary Ward, the owner of the lot, her husband John Ward and Dade County Security Company. The latter holds a mortgage upon the property executed by Mrs. Ward and husband to secure a loan of about $35,000.00 obtained…