CARROLL v. DOUGHERTY

No. 74-47.

302 So.2d 439 (1974)

Leander CARROLL and Jessie J. Carroll, Appellants, v. Tom K. DOUGHERTY and Valentine S. Dougherty, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Randolph Bentley, Lakeland, for appellants.

George E. Hovis of Hovis, Baird & Dougherty, Clermont, for appellees.


MANN, Judge (Ret.)

"Agreements to convey homestead property must, to be specifically enforceable, be signed in the presence of two witnesses as required by Sec. 689.01," Fla. Stat. (1973), Zimmerman v. Diedrich, Fla. 1957, 97 So.2d 120, 124. Accord, Koplon v. Smith, Fla. 1973, 271 So.2d 762. The contract in this case was signed in the presence of only one witness. When the

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