Alston v. Rowles
Supreme Court of Florida
This is another appeal in the preceding ease prosecuted by the defendants in the circuit court. The first appeal being dismissed, the suit was subsequently revived in the circuit court by the legal representatives of the deceased defendants. There being no amendment of the pleadings, the case brought up by this appeal is identical with that brought by the previous appeal, so far as the issues are concerned.
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This is another appeal in the preceding ease prosecuted by the defendants in the circuit court. The first appeal being dismissed, the suit was subsequently revived in the circuit court by the legal representatives of the deceased defendants. There being no amendment of the pleadings, the case brought up by this appeal is identical with that brought by the previous appeal, so far as the issues are concerned. There was additional testimony taken in the circuit court upon the revival of the suit. All of the testimony pertinent t.o the several issues raised by the bill and answer is stated by the…
1Opinion of the Court
WESTCOTT, <1.,
delivered the following opinion:
The property in dispute hei’e is six hundred acres of land hi Leon county and certain town lots in the City of Tallahassee. The conveyances to this property are in the name of the wife. Appellee, a creditor of the husband, claims 'that the consideration for the purchase of this property was the money of the husband; that her testator was a creditor of the husband at the time of the purchase or when the property was paid for by him;' and that in either event, 'under the circumstances of the case, it should be declared assets in the, hands of the…
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