Law v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Florida
Appealed from tlie Circuit Court for Pasco County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
— A bill was filed by the appellees to quiet title to land and to enforce an accounting for tres: pass on the lands. The defendants appealed from orders overruling a demurrer to the bill and sustaining exceptions to the answer.
The bill alleges that the complainants, several being minors, are the owners of the land by virtue of being the *489widow and heirs of Benjamin D. Mills, deceased, who on January 16, 1892, entered upon lands of the United States under the homestead laws and received a patent for the land May 22, 1899; that the defendants claim title under a tax deed issiied in 1905, based…
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