DIXON v. CLAYTON


44 So.2d 76 (1949)

DIXON v. CLAYTON et vir.

Supreme Court of Florida, Special Division A.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton G. Henson and John S. Berry, Tampa, for appellant.

Mabry, Reaves, Carlton, Anderson, Fields & Ward, and Marvin Green, Tampa, for appellees.


THOMAS, Justice.

The appellant undertook to buy, for the alleged sum of $150, a track of land owned by a married woman who accepted a part of the purchase price, put him in possession, and alone signed this simple memorandum:

"Received of Frank Dixon $20.00    163.00"
 deposit on strip about 3/4 acre
 back of Hampton Garage.           249.42

The numerals on the margin were the dimensions of the property. This was 2 March, 1948. Later she...

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