Caro v. Pensacola City Co.
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambiá county. The case is thus: The bill is brought by a corporation known as the Pensacola City Company in behalf of itself and those claiming title under it by purchase and conveyance, some of whom are named, against A. V. Caro, “ claiming to be an heir of Gabriel Rivas and agent for other heirs.”
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambiá county. The case is thus: The bill is brought by a corporation known as the Pensacola City Company in behalf of itself and those claiming title under it by purchase and conveyance, some of whom are named, against A. V. Caro, “ claiming to be an heir of Gabriel Rivas and agent for other heirs.” Plaintiff alleges that about the year 1806 Gabriel Rivas became possessed in fee of a grant from the Spanish Crown of a tract of land in the vicinity of Pensacola known as the Chabeau tract and containing about 300 arpents ; that said Rivas about the year 1808…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Westcott
The plaintiff, the Pensacola City Company and their co-plaintiffs to a large number, claiming title to and possession of a tract of land lying near Pensacola, through a common source, such title originating in the early part of this century, seek to enjoin the defendant from interference with their rights of ownership thereto, there having been a trial of the right at law, and judicial proceedings extending over a period of over six years, which resulted in the establishment of the title of the plaintiffs against the defendant, Caro, who is alleged to be insolvent. Caro claims as one of the…
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- Commodores Point Terminal Co. v. HudnallDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1922
- Dzialynski v. Bank of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of Florida · 1887
- Wilkins v. Pensacola City Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1895
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