SMITH v. ESTATE OF MARMER

No. 61-649.

144 So.2d 870 (1962)

Evelyn SMITH, Appellant, v. ESTATE OF Albert MARMER, Deceased; Marian Marmer, As the Widow and Administratrix of the Estate of Albert Marmer, Deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

September 18, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Schwarzkopf, Miami Beach, for appellant.

Smathers & Thompson and Ted E. Blum, Miami, for appellee.

Before PEARSON, TILLMAN, C.J., and HORTON and HENDRY, JJ.


PEARSON, TILLMAN, Chief Judge.

Evelyn Smith, who is an heir of Albert Marmer, deceased, appeals a final judgment for dower. The only question involved is whether the County Judge erred in basing the amount of dower on the gross value of stock held in a marginal brokerage account. This account was subject to a marginal indebtedness which, if deducted from the value of the stocks, would have reduced the estate subject to dower by approximately $35,000.00.

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