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FORD v. BARNES

No. 78-501.

366 So.2d 1235 (1979)

Albert E. FORD, Appellant, v. Hazel F. BARNES and James Douglas Barnes, and Jackie Barnes, His Wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 31, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Grant, Jr., of Peavyhouse, Giglio, Grant, Clark, Charlton & Mount, Tampa, for appellant.

Henry T. Swann, III, and John R. Council of Brewton, Council & Swann, Dade City, for appellees.

OTT, Judge.

We hold that it is no longer required in Florida that a contract to sell homestead property be executed in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

In this case, a contract for the sale of homestead property contained the signature of only one witness attesting to the execution by the seller. The trial court held that there must be two witnesses. We reverse upon the authority of our recent holding in Carroll v. Dougherty,

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