Jordan v. Sayre
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval county. The appellees, Henry D. Sayre, Philip Halle and his wife, Minnie, filed a bill in chancery against Loudwick Warrock and his wife and the appellant, Jordan, on the 24th day of August, 1886. The allegations of the bill are as follows: That Warrock, on March 27, 1873, being indebted to oue Benedict, executed to him a promissory note of $2,000, payable, with interest, one year after said date at 20 per cent, per annum, payable…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval county. The appellees, Henry D. Sayre, Philip Halle and his wife, Minnie, filed a bill in chancery against Loudwick Warrock and his wife and the appellant, Jordan, on the 24th day of August, 1886. The allegations of the bill are as follows: That Warrock, on March 27, 1873, being indebted to oue Benedict, executed to him a promissory note of $2,000, payable, with interest, one year after said date at 20 per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually, and to secure the payment of the same, he and Mrs. Warrock executed to Benedict a mortgage on the east part…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Raney
There are thirteen grounds of objection to the bill of complaint set up in the appellant’s demurrer. We shall confine our observations to the points made and the argument advanced in his solicitor’s brief, and treat any ground of demurrer not covered by them as abandoned. Southern Express Company vs. Van Meter, 17 Fla., 783. It is contended in the first place that the complainants’ right of action is barred, and this contention is based upon the idea that in this State the same period of time that bars an action of ejectment is a bar to a suit to foreclose a mortgage.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Lord v. MorrisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1861
- Goodenow v. EwerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1860
- Heyer v. PruynNew York Court of Chancery · 1839
- Nevitt v. BaconMississippi Supreme Court · 1856
- Browne v. BrowneSupreme Court of Florida · 1880
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Hoodless v. JerniganSupreme Court of Florida · 1903
- Key West Wharf & Coal Co. v. PorterSupreme Court of Florida · 1912
- Hull v. BurrSupreme Court of Florida · 1909
- Jordan v. SayreSupreme Court of Florida · 1892
- Phifer v. AbbottSupreme Court of Florida · 1917
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