Ashmead v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Putnam County. The original decision of this court in this cause was rendered at the June term, 1885. On petition of appellees, a rehearing was granted, and, at the January term, 1886, the court affirmed its former decision reversing the judgment of the court below. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief-Justice delivered the opinion of the court:
This is an action of ejectment by the appellees in the Circuit Court of Putnam county to recover from the appellants a lot of ground in the city of Palatka. The court gave a. judgment on a verdict of a jury in favor of plaintiffs below from which the defendants here prosecute their appeal. Appellants assign as errors the instructions of the court to the jury and the refusal to admit evidence, all of which are noticed in the opinion of the court.
The first error assigned is that the deed of Greeley to-C. Parlchurst does not describe or…
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