CARROLL v. DOUGHERTY

No. 77-1002.

355 So.2d 843 (1978)

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 March 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack P. Brandon and Lee G. Schmudde of Peterson, Myers, Curtis, Craig & Crews, Lake Wales, for appellants.

R. Dewey Burnsed of McLin, Burnsed & Cyrus, P.A., Leesburg, for appellees.


GRIMES, Acting Chief Judge.

This case squarely presents the question of whether, since the adoption of our 1968 Constitution, there is any longer a requirement that a contract to sell homestead property be executed in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

The appellants signed a contract to sell their home. The contract was signed only in the presence of a real estate broker. The broker then brought the contract to the appellees to sign as purchasers...

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