Pournelle v. Baxter

This appeal is from a chancery decree dismissing on motion a bill of complaint in' the Circuit Court of Alachua County. The decree dismissing the bill of complaint contains the following:

“‘ * * * The Probate Act of 1933 and particularly Sections 38 and 64 thereof, together with the repealing clause in said Act contained, vest jurisdiction of the subject matter of this suit in the Probate Court of Alachua County, Florida.

“Section 38 of said Act provides in part that, ‘The County Judge shall have jurisdiction of * * * the establishment of lost or destroyed wills * * * and of all other matters…