Legal Opinion

McSwain v. Howell

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 15, 1892PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Walton county. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the «court.

1Opinion of the Court

Mabry, J. :

This is an action at law instituted in the Circuit Court for Walton county, in the First Judicial Circuit of Florida. C. E. Howell, appellee, was plaintiff, and GK H. McSwain, appellant, was defendant in the Circuit Court.

In a special count in the declaration it is, in substance, alleged that on or about the first day of February, A. D. 1887, plaintiff and defendant entered into :a contract whereby the plaintiff was to build for defendant a house in the town of DeFuniak Springs, for a house and lot in said town, the property of defendant, and estimated by plaintiff to be worth…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Schultz v. Pacific InsuranceSupreme Court of Florida · 1872
  2. Parrish v. Pensacola & Atlantic RailroadSupreme Court of Florida · 1891
  3. Tuten v. GazanSupreme Court of Florida · 1882
  4. Nickels v. MooringSupreme Court of Florida · 1877
  5. Wilson v. DibbleSupreme Court of Florida · 1872

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Hoodless v. JerniganSupreme Court of Florida · 1903
  2. Marks v. DelcastilloDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
  3. McCoy v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1898
  4. Holstun & Son v. EmbrySupreme Court of Florida · 1936
  5. Gainesville & Gulf Railroad v. PeckSupreme Court of Florida · 1908

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