ITT RAYONIER, INC. v. WADSWORTH

No. 75-2185 Summary Calendar.

528 F.2d 1033 (1976)

ITT RAYONIER, INCORPORATED, a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William L. WADSWORTH, Defendant-Appellant, Joseph Brady Wadsworth et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 18, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kate L. Walton, Palatka, Fla., for J. B. Wadsworth, and others.

Henry P. Duffett, Ormond Beach, Fla., for Wm. L. Wadsworth.

W. H. Adams, III, Thos. M. Baumer, William E. Williams, Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, GODBOLD and GEE, Circuit Judges.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents important issues of statutory construction and application, as well as of Florida constitutional law, which are particularly appropriate for resolution by the Florida Supreme Court. Broadly the questions include (1) whether a conveyance of homestead property by a widow to herself and one of her four children may constitute a "root of title" under the Florida Marketable Record Title...

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