McDougall v. Meginniss
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon county. Judge Vann, of the Third Circuit, sat in the place of Justice Raney, who was disqualified. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chiee-Justice
delivered the opinion of the court:
Perez B. Brokaw owned in his lifetime and at the time of his death a tract of one hundred and sixty acres of land *367in the county of Leon, to wit: the NW|- of sec. 81, T. 1, N., R. 1, E. He was residing on said tract of land, with his family, at the time of his death and for ten years previous thereto. In the year 1866 Brokaw cultivated the land, since which time, with the exception of a few acres immediately around the house which was used as a residence, the land was uncultivated and not used by said Brokaw, or his family since his death. It…
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