Case Name: HENRY ELLIOT WILLIAMS v. CRESTVIEW REALTY COMPANY, INC., a corporation, et al.
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1947-02-07
Citations: 158 Fla. 484
Docket Number: 
Parties: HENRY ELLIOT WILLIAMS v. CRESTVIEW REALTY COMPANY, INC., a corporation, et al.
Judges: THOMAS, C. J., BARNS, J., and FABISINSKI, Associate Justice, concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 158
Pages: 484–485

Head Matter:
HENRY ELLIOT WILLIAMS v. CRESTVIEW REALTY COMPANY, INC., a corporation, et al.
29 So. (2nd) 250
January Term, 1947
February 7, 1947
En Banc
Rehearing Denied February 28, 1947
Henry Elliott Williams, in Prop. Per., for appellant.
Sam Bucklew and W. Frank Hobbs, for appellees.

Opinion:
ON REHEARING GRANTED
ADAMS, J.:
On November 5, 1946, we reversed the decree appealed from and thereafter granted a rehearing. Upon further consideration of the case we are convinced that we were in error in the first instance. Stovall's letter of conditional acceptance dated January 10, 1945, limited the one-third item to that "salvaged so far as the corporation is concerned." Adm'ttedly the corporation, Stovall Properties, Inc., saved nothing out of the litigation. Williams then rests his claim for relief upon his statement that:
". . . 'if I sign the praecipe for dismissal will you upon completion of the purchase by Crestyiew. issue to me as my contingent compensation one-third or 5 of the 15 shares coming to you or your nominees under the contract.' " Whereupon Stovall replied, "Yes."
. , The proof of this assertion is affirmed by Williams and .denied by Stovall.' The chancellor weighed the evidence against Williams, who had the burden, and dismissed the bill. In this we see no reáson to put the chancellor in error.
The judgment heretofore entered is vacated and we recede from our former opinion and the decree appealed from is affirmed.
Affirmed.
THOMAS, C. J., BARNS, J., and FABISINSKI, Associate Justice, concur.
TERRELL, BUFORD and CHAPMAN, JJ., dissent.