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Kester v. Bostwick

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc
Oct 12, 1943
15 So. 2d 208 (Fla. 1943)

Summary

In Kester v. Bostwick, 153 Fla. 450, 15 So.2d 208, we held notice of application for tax deed fatally defective upon grounds similar to (1) supra because of the non-compliance with section 2 of chapter 17457, acts of 1935. Since the act under consideration in the Kester case chapter 20722, acts of 1941, has been enacted and this law specifically repealed section 2 and other sections of chapter 17457.

Summary of this case from Goodman v. Carter

Opinion

July 30, 1943 Rehearing Denied October 12, 1943

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Broward County, George W. Tedder, Judge.

Miller Fitzsimmons, McCune, Hiaasen Fleming and Vincent C. Giblin, for appellant.

Milam, McIlvane Milam, for appellees.


This case (M-124) is a companion case to M-123, docketed under the same title and decided this date. There is involved here no question of mesne profits or benefits to the land by reason of permanent improvements made on it. Only the question of the sufficiency of the description in the application for the tax deed is involved in this case.

That question is concluded by what we said in the former case (M-123) but in addition to what we there said, the description was fatally defective in this case because of failure to comply with Section two of Chapter 17457, Acts of 1935, in that a large number of certificates were included by number in one place and the descriptions were recited in another place but there was nothing by which the certificate and appropriate description could be tied together. In this, we do not imply that every certificate must be separately advertised. It would be all right to lump certificates for this purpose if the description of the land followed the number of certificate or some other method was employed to definitely connect the number of the certificate with the description of the land it represents.

Affirmed on authority of Case M-123, same title as this, decided this date.

Affirmed.

BUFORD, C. J., TERRELL, CHAPMAN, THOMAS and SEBRING, JJ., concur.

ADAMS, J., dissents.

BROWN, J., not participating.


Summaries of

Kester v. Bostwick

Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc
Oct 12, 1943
15 So. 2d 208 (Fla. 1943)

In Kester v. Bostwick, 153 Fla. 450, 15 So.2d 208, we held notice of application for tax deed fatally defective upon grounds similar to (1) supra because of the non-compliance with section 2 of chapter 17457, acts of 1935. Since the act under consideration in the Kester case chapter 20722, acts of 1941, has been enacted and this law specifically repealed section 2 and other sections of chapter 17457.

Summary of this case from Goodman v. Carter
Case details for

Kester v. Bostwick

Case Details

Full title:W. L. KESTER v. NELLIE L. COWAN BOSTWICK (Formerly Nellie L. Cowan) a…

Court:Supreme Court of Florida. En Banc

Date published: Oct 12, 1943

Citations

15 So. 2d 208 (Fla. 1943)
15 So. 2d 208

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