Evans v. Summerlin

Citations

• 19 Fla. 858

Syllabus

<p>1. Where the deed of a married woman, whereby she seeks to convey her separate property, contains the name of herself only as the grantee, and her husband is not named in the body of the deed, but signs the deed with her, and both duly acknowledge its execution, this is a sufficient assent and joining with her under the statute to convey the property of the wife.</p> <p>3 The acknowledgment of a married woman of the execution of a deed conveying her separate property, which acknowledgment states that she made herself a party to the deed “for the purpose of relinquishing her light of dower” in the lands described, she having no right of dower, present or prospective, but an estate in fee, must be considered and construed tó be an acknowledgment of the due execution according to the import of the language of the deed.</p> <p>3. Where a bill is filed to reform a deed or perfect a title, it being alleged that there are imperfections in the deed which render the title precarious, and it appears that the defects in the deed are not material, hut that it conveys a good title in law, the hill is demurrable for want of equity and should he dismissed.</p>