GASSNER v. LOCKETT


101 So.2d 33 (1958)

Meredyth Violet GASSNER, as Executrix of the Estate of R.W. Baughman, deceased, Appellant, v. Ida J. LOCKETT, Single, and Cameron L. Dowling, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 7, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Collins & Hallett, St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Ed W. Harris and William E. Allison, St. Petersburg, for appellees.


DREW, Justice.

R.W. Baughman, during his lifetime, agreed to convey certain property to Ida J. Lockett. Many months later he agreed to convey the same property to Cameron L. Dowling. The first agreement was not acknowledged and therefore not recorded, while the latter was acknowledged and recorded.

The litigation resulting from Ida Lockett's suit for specific performance brought against Baughman's estate after his death, in which Dowling was a party, resulted...

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