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In re Estate of Koll

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Mar 7, 1984
445 So. 2d 1147 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

Opinion

No. 82-2444.

March 7, 1984.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Palm Beach County, Tom Johnson, J.

Marshall B. Wood, Jr., of Wood, Cobb, Murphy Craig, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Zell H. Altman of Altman, Colin Friedland, Lake Worth, for appellee MacLellan.

Gary J. Nagle, West Palm Beach, for appellee DeMarco.


The question presented is whether the trial court properly granted a directed verdict in a proceeding to set aside homestead. Recalling that the standard to be applied "[i]n considering the propriety of a directed verdict for a defendant [is that] the trial court is required to evaluate the testimony in the light most favorable to the plaintiff and every reasonable intendment deducible from the evidence must be indulged in the plaintiff's favor," McDaniel v. Great Atlantic Pacific Tea Co., 327 So.2d 893, 895 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976), we find that the directed verdict cannot be sustained. Accordingly, the order on appeal is reversed and the cause is remanded for a new trial consistent with the principles set forth in Holden v. Estate of Gardner, 420 So.2d 1082 (Fla. 1982).

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

GLICKSTEIN, HURLEY and WALDEN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

In re Estate of Koll

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Mar 7, 1984
445 So. 2d 1147 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)
Case details for

In re Estate of Koll

Case Details

Full title:IN RE ESTATE OF LILLIAN P. KOLL, DECEASED

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Mar 7, 1984

Citations

445 So. 2d 1147 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

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