Daggett v. Willey
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval county. This is an action of ejectment for the recovery of a lot of ground in the city of Jacksonville, known on the map of said city as lot No. 6. The plaintiff offered in evidence to sustain the issue on her part, a deed executed by I. D. Hart, in December, 1836, to William J. Mills, in trust for Maria Doggett, the lessor of the plaintiff, who was then a feme covert, but now a widow and feme sole, conveying a “ certain tract of land…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval county. This is an action of ejectment for the recovery of a lot of ground in the city of Jacksonville, known on the map of said city as lot No. 6. The plaintiff offered in evidence to sustain the issue on her part, a deed executed by I. D. Hart, in December, 1836, to William J. Mills, in trust for Maria Doggett, the lessor of the plaintiff, who was then a feme covert, but now a widow and feme sole, conveying a “ certain tract of land situated in Jacksonville, Duval county, Florida, and bofmded as follows: on the south by St. Johns river, on, the north…
1Opinion of the CourtBaltzell, C. J.
This is an action of ejectment instituted by plaintiff, Mrs. Doggett, to recover a lot of ground lying in the city of Jacksonsville. The case wastried by a jury, who found a verdict for defendant under instructions given by the Circuit Court. These being excepted to at the trial, together with the ruling of the Court in the exclusion and admission of testimony also excepted to, constitute the questions for the determination of this Court. They have been argued with ability on both sides, showing a degree of preparation and industry in the management of the case not often surpassed.
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