BURTON v. KEATON


60 So.2d 770 (1952)

BURTON v. KEATON et ux.

Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc.

October 17, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Field & Spence and D.H. Redfearn, Miami, for appellant.

Julius H. Erstling, Miami, for appellees.


MURPHREE, Associate Justice.

This is a case of specific performance to enforce an oral contract to devise real estate.

Catherine Phillips owned a lot in Miami adjacent to her home on which were two rental houses, 1315 at the front and 1319 at the rear.

Morris Keaton and his wife, Gladys, appellees, rented house 1315 in 1931 from Catherine Phillips and her now deceased husband for $7.50 per week, and they have remained in possession ever since. In November...

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