Haworth v. Norris
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval comity. STATEMENT. The bill iu this cause was filed October 15th, 1885. The complainants are Eli Haworth and his wife and Alphonso Haworth, their son, and its material allegations are in substance as follows: 1. That on October 26th, 1877, Eli and his wife, at the solicitation of the defendant, Emma Reed, then Emma Livingston, she having subsequently intermarried with the defendant, Henry W. Reed, executed to said Emma a deed of a…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval comity. STATEMENT. The bill iu this cause was filed October 15th, 1885. The complainants are Eli Haworth and his wife and Alphonso Haworth, their son, and its material allegations are in substance as follows: 1. That on October 26th, 1877, Eli and his wife, at the solicitation of the defendant, Emma Reed, then Emma Livingston, she having subsequently intermarried with the defendant, Henry W. Reed, executed to said Emma a deed of a described five acres of land, situate in Duval county, and being part of the Davies Grant, previously owned in common by…
1Opinion of the Court
Raney, C. J.:
The defendants objected before the master who took the testimony, to the competency of Eli Haworth and his wife, two of the complainants, as witnesses in support of the case made by the bill, on the ground of their marital relation, and the circuit judge sustained the objections and excluded their evidence. The correctness of this ruling is assailed by counsel for appellants.
The statutes in force at the time of the ruling complained of, are those of February 4th, 1874, and March 7th, 1879, and January 29th, 1885. The first of these (sec. 24, p. 518 McClellan’s Digest), provides…
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