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Meredith v. Carter

Supreme Court of Florida, Division B
Jun 21, 1933
149 So. 408 (Fla. 1933)

Opinion

Opinion Filed June 21, 1933.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Palm Beach County, C. E. Chillingworth, Judge.

D. H. Dwyer, for Plaintiff in Error;

J. W. Salisbury, for Defendant in Error.


The appeal in this case is from a final decree of foreclosure in the suit brought to foreclose a mortgage. The decree appealed from was filed on the 24th day of February, 1932, on rehearing after a final decree in favor of defendant had been originally filed on December 15, 1931.

Whether the decree of December 15, 1931, is correct or the decree appealed from is correct depends entirely upon the weight and construction to be applied to the evidence adduced from the trial.

There is substantial evidence in the record to support either decree. The case comes to us, however, as though the decree of December 15, 1931, had not been entered. Under this state of facts, the appellate court should not reverse the decree of the chancellor, unless it clearly appears that such decree is erroneous. The appellant has not caused this clearly to appear and, therefore, it becomes the duty of this Court to affirm the decree appealed from. It is affirmed.

WHITFIELD, P. J., and BROWN and BUFORD, J. J., concur.


Summaries of

Meredith v. Carter

Supreme Court of Florida, Division B
Jun 21, 1933
149 So. 408 (Fla. 1933)
Case details for

Meredith v. Carter

Case Details

Full title:LIZZIE REED MEREDITH, a widow, v. WILLIAM H. CARTER

Court:Supreme Court of Florida, Division B

Date published: Jun 21, 1933

Citations

149 So. 408 (Fla. 1933)
149 So. 408

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