Adams v. Clark
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by the court En Banc. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval county. Statement. The appellants as complainants below filed their bill in equity in the Circuit Court of Duval county against the appellees.
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This case was decided by the court En Banc. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval county. Statement. The appellants as complainants below filed their bill in equity in the Circuit Court of Duval county against the appellees. The complainants were all creditors of John Clark late of Duval county, deceased, and the main purpose of the bill was to subject to the payment of the claims of said creditors two lots in the city of Jacksonville, Duval county, Florida, that were owned by the said John Clark at the time of his death and upon which he then resided, said two lots being contiguous to each…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, C. J.
(after stating the facts). — Some questions have been raised on the argument here as to the propriety of the pleadings, but deeming these unimportant, we will discuss the case solely upon its merits.
The facts as established by the proofs are substantially as follows: John Clark and his wife Amanda Clark some time prior to the- year 1855 established their residence and permanent home upon the lots in question and thereafter continuously resided there with their family until the death of Mrs. Amanda Clark in February, 1898, and John Clark continued to reside there with one of his grand-children…
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