L'ENGLE v. FORBES


81 So.2d 214 (1955)

John B. L'ENGLE, Jr., and Cotten Hines L'Engle, his Wife, Appellants, v. Leon E. FORBES, as Tax Assessor of Duval County, Florida, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A.

June 1, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Page Haddock and Dillon Hartridge, Jacksonville, for appellants.

Walter C. Shea, Jacksonville, for appellees.


ROBERTS, Justice.

The plaintiffs, husband and wife, own a home in Jacksonville, Florida, as tenants by the entirety, in which they resided until June of 1952. At that time the husband was recalled to active duty in the Armed Forces as a U.S. Navy Reserve Officer for a temporary period. The wife and their two children resided with the husband at the various stations to which he was sent during his tour of duty, except for a few months during the early part of 1953...

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