Sams v. King
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval county. The respondents sued the appellants in the Circuit Court for Duval county in ejectment to recover lot 5, in block twenty-six, in the City of Jacksonville. The defendants pleaded the general issue, not guilty. Possession of the defendants and the execution of the deeds of the respective parties were admitted.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval county. The respondents sued the appellants in the Circuit Court for Duval county in ejectment to recover lot 5, in block twenty-six, in the City of Jacksonville. The defendants pleaded the general issue, not guilty. Possession of the defendants and the execution of the deeds of the respective parties were admitted. The evidence upon the trial was substantially as follows: Eor the plaintiff — Deed of I. D. Hart to Earley Sams conveying this lot. Cataline B. Simmons, for the plaintiff, testified : That Sallie and Rebecca Sams were the aunts of Lloyd Peck…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Westcott
We have in the statement of this case omitted to insert at length all of the charges given or refused which were made the subject of exception, and which are here for review. We will refer to them only so far as is necessary to understand and explain the conclusions which, after careful examination, we have reached as to the facts in the case and • the law applicable to them.
Plaintiffs were the widow and children of Lloyd Peck, who was the son and heir of Farley Sams, who derived her title from Isaiah D. Hart, the admitted original owner of the lot which is the subieet of the action. This was…
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