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94 Fla. 882

114 So 527

Merrill v. Barnes

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided November 7, 1927

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1927-11-07

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently May 1939

2 state decisions

Relies on Cilabot v. Winter Park Co. · Murphy v. Hohne · Gautier v. Bradway

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Decided 1927-11-07

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Per Curiam.

¶1 Bill of Complaint was filed seeking to enforce specific performance of a contract for the purchase and sale of real estate. Answer was filed alleging fraud in obtaining the contract. Testimony was taken before a Master. The chancellor found in favor of defendants and dismissed the bill. Complainants appealed.

¶2 Applications to enforce specific performance of contracts for the sale of land are addressed to the sound judicial discretion of the chancellor, such discretion to be controlled by the principles of law and equity as applied to the facts and circumstances of the particular case, and when thus controlled his decision will not be disturbed *883 on appeal unless clearly erroneous. (Dixie Naval Stores Co. v. German-American Lumber Co., 76 Fla. 339, 70 So. 836; Chabot v. Winter Park Co., 34 Fla. 258, 15 So. 756; Richardson v. Varn, 80 Fla. 517, 86 So. 503; Murphy v. Hohne, 73 Fla. 803, 74 So. 973, cited.) Gautier v. Bradway, 87 Fla. 193; 99 So 879.

¶3 Affirmed.

Whitfield, P. J., and Terrell and Buford, J. J., concur.
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