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SCHULER v. CLAUGHTON

No. 16614.

248 F.2d 528 (1957)

William M. SCHULER, Appellant, v. Lillian Corbett CLAUGHTON, individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Edward N. Claughton, deceased, Edward N. Claughton, Jr., and Suzanne Claughton Matthews, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

October 22, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Dixon, Miami, Fla., Charles W. Greer, Birmingham, Ala., Dixon, DeJarnette, Bradford & Williams, Miami, Fla., for appellant.

C. B. Kniskern, Jr., W. G. Ward, Miami, Fla., Ward & Ward, Miami, Fla., of counsel, for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal presents the question whether the trial court erred in construing a certain deed as conveying an estate by the entireties. The question is to be determined under the laws of the state of Florida, in which the affected land lies and under whose laws the deed is to be construed.

Shortly before his death Edward N. Claughton and Lillian C. Claughton, his wife, signed a deed in the statutory form for a warranty deed conveying the affected...

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