Estes v. Nicholson
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Jackson county.. STATEMENT. The appellant, Annie Estes, as complainant in the-court below, on the 19th day of April, 1893, filed her bill in equity in the Circuit Court of Jackson county for the partition of lands against the. appellees, in which it is alleged that Thomas M. White, Jr., late a, "citizen of Jackson county, Florida, died intestate ort- or about the 20th day of March, A. D. 1893, owning and possessing in fee simple at the time…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Jackson county.. STATEMENT. The appellant, Annie Estes, as complainant in the-court below, on the 19th day of April, 1893, filed her bill in equity in the Circuit Court of Jackson county for the partition of lands against the. appellees, in which it is alleged that Thomas M. White, Jr., late a, "citizen of Jackson county, Florida, died intestate ort- or about the 20th day of March, A. D. 1893, owning and possessing in fee simple at the time of his death-divers tracts and lots of land located in said Jackson, county that are particularly described in the bill.…
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C. J.:
No complaint is made of the sale of the lands involved for partition, or of the confirmation thereof by the court upon the terms and at the price for which they were sold. All parties seem to be satisfied that the sale for partition as made and confirmed shall stand undisturbed. The sole contention here is,, that the court below erred in its construction of our statute of descents, in adjudging to the complainant Annie Estes only a one-fifth interest in the lands and its proceeds that belonged to the intestate estate, she claiming that, as she is the sole surviving heir at law…
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