Tankersley v. Davis, (1937)
Court: Supreme Court of Florida
Number:
Visitors: 9
Judges: BUFORD, J.
Attorneys: John Justice, for Appellant;
N.G. John Fite Robertson, for Appellee.
Filed: Mar. 24, 1937
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 509 [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 510 In this case appeal is from final decree in a suit the purpose of which was to procure judicial interpretation and construction of the terms of a deed. On March 14, 1924, J.C. Bishop, then a widower, owned in fee s
Summary: [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 509 [EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 510 In this case appeal is from final decree in a suit the purpose of which was to procure judicial interpretation and construction of the terms of a deed. On March 14, 1924, J.C. Bishop, then a widower, owned in fee si..
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It seems to me that when the fee and the life estate both become vested in Mrs. Davis, this merger of the complete title in Mrs. Davis, under the rule laid down in the Blocker case, destroyed the contingent remainder, as the life estate which supported it had merged in the fee.
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