Legal Opinion
Harry Lefkowitz and Frances Lefkowitz v. H. S. McQuagge
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 29, 1961No. 18923_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELL, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of dismissal in the District Court. Plaintiffs, appellants here, filed a bill to quiet title to real property naming appellees and others as defendants on the chancery side of the Circuit Court of Bay County, Florida. Appellees, being in actual possession of the land, moved for a jury trial under Statute 66.16 F.S.A. The court under the authority of this statute ordered the cause severed and docketed on the law side of the court, and tried as an ejectment suit before a jury, leaving the bill to quiet title pending on the chancery side of the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- McDaniel v. McElvySupreme Court of Florida · 1926
- Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Sun Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- Fischer v. American United Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Holt v. Werbe Werbe v. HoltCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1952
- Hughes v. GreenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1898
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