Armstrong v. Wilcox
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by the court En Banc. Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Duval County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtCockrell, J.
This is an action of ejectment for ten acres of land near the city of Jacksonville in Duval county. There was verdict and judgment for the defendants and the plaintiffs take writ of error.
We may assume that the plaintiffs proved a valid paper title in their ancestor Peter E. Armstrong in 1876 and that possession remained with such title until 1896 when the defendants’ ancestor Alexander Schilling acquired a tax deed under which he asserted adverse possession in fact as color of title. Schilling died in 1900 and his children continued this possession and were holding adversely when this action…
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