Legal Opinion

Morgan v. Bailey

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 18, 1925PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

West, C. J.-

This appeal is from an order sustaining a demurrer to a bill in chancery for partition of land.

The bill in substance alleges that the complainant is the adopted daughter of Lewis B. Bailey, deceased; that he left surviving him at the time of his death his widow, Mira F. Bailey, and the complainant; that he left a will by which he attempted to dispose of all the property of which he died seized, by devising $500 to complainant and devising and bequeathing the residue of his property to his widow; that at the time of his death decedent owned an undivided one-half interest in the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Johns v. BowdenSupreme Court of Florida · 1914
  2. Brokaw v. OgleIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Clark v. ThiasSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
  4. Norton v. BayaSupreme Court of Florida · 1924
  5. Hill v. First National BankSupreme Court of Florida · 1917

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Bessemer Properties, Inc. v. GambleSupreme Court of Florida · 1946
  2. Doing v. RileyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
  3. Southern Walls, Inc. v. Stilwell Corp.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  4. William Joseph Manda, Bankrupt v. Don C. Sinclair, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
  5. Bess v. AndersonSupreme Court of Florida · 1931

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