BLISS v. HALLOCK

No. 58-618.

113 So.2d 889 (1959)

Dawn Rigby Hallock BLISS, Appellant, v. Robert M. HALLOCK and his wife, Frances Woodruff Hallock; James M. Hallock, and If Married, ____ Hallock, his wife; Janice Hallock Davidson and her husband, Reverend Doctor ____ Davidson; and Thomas P. Hallock, Jr., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence G. Ropes, Jr., and Daniel A. Wick, Miami, for appellant.

Dixon, DeJarnette, Bradford, Williams, McKay & Kimbrell and Frank A. Howard, Jr., Miami, for appellees.


PEARSON, Judge.

The plaintiff in an action for specific performance appeals from a final decree which denied her prayer for such relief. In order for her to be successful in this appeal, she must clearly demonstrate that the chancellor abused his discretion in refusing specific performance. Our court, in this regard, has stated in Robinson v. University of Miami, Fla.App. 1958, 100 So.2d 442, 444:

"The granting or withholding...

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