Judges: WHITFIELD, C.J.
Attorneys: Claude L. Gray and George W. Johnson, for Appellant;
Bradford G. Williams, Raymond D. Knight, Henry P. Adair, John M. McNatt and Knight, Adair, Cooper Osborne, for Appellees.
Filed: Jul. 27, 1936
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: STATEMENT. The Constitution of Florida contains the following: "All property, real and personal, of a wife owned by her before marriage, or lawfully acquired by gift, devise, bequest, descent, or purchase, shall be her separate property, and the same shall not be liable for the debts of her husband without her consent given by some instrument in writing executed according to the law respecting conveyances by married women." Sec. 1, Art. XI. "A married woman's separate real or personal property m
Summary: STATEMENT. The Constitution of Florida contains the following: "All property, real and personal, of a wife owned by her before marriage, or lawfully acquired by gift, devise, bequest, descent, or purchase, shall be her separate property, and the same shall not be liable for the debts of her husband without her consent given by some instrument in writing executed according to the law respecting conveyances by married women." Sec. 1, Art. XI. "A married woman's separate real or personal property ma..
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I agree to the conclusion that the chancellor's findings upon the question of the presence of the married woman before the notary public were supported by the evidence which justifies the conclusion by him that the officer's certificate was not invalidated by the alleged irregularity in the matter of the married woman's examination. In this matter I simply follow a long line of decisions by this Court that the findings of the chancellor upon a question of fact will not be disturbed unless it appears that such findings were clearly erroneous.
