Taylor v. American National Bank
Supreme Court of Florida
Appealed from the Circuit Court for Escambia County. Statement. . On the 23rd day of March, 1911, the appellee as complainant filed its bill in chancery against the appellants and others as defendants, which bill, omitting the formal parts therof, is.as follows: “The bill of complaint of American National Bank of Pensacola, Florida, complaining of E. R. Caro, Clara B. Taylor, and J. Frank Taylor, her husband, and Bessie W. Wilson, a widow, and Elizabeth Hale Wilson, an…
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Appealed from the Circuit Court for Escambia County. Statement. . On the 23rd day of March, 1911, the appellee as complainant filed its bill in chancery against the appellants and others as defendants, which bill, omitting the formal parts therof, is.as follows: “The bill of complaint of American National Bank of Pensacola, Florida, complaining of E. R. Caro, Clara B. Taylor, and J. Frank Taylor, her husband, and Bessie W. Wilson, a widow, and Elizabeth Hale Wilson, an infant under the age of twenty-one years, and W. Y. Perry, a widow, respectfully shows to your Honor: 1. That the complainant…
1Opinion of the CourtShackleford, J.
(after stating the facts) — The counsel for the appellants frankly state in their brief:
“As the court will observe the pleadings are carefully framed for the purpose of testing the validity of the Bank’s mortgage, and its priority over or equality with the mortgages of Mrs. Taylor without the expense and trouble of taking testimony. At the hearing no technical question relating to the sufficiency of the pleadings to present these question was raised, but the Judge was requested to and did decide the demurrer upon the merits. We shall therefore address ourselves directly to the questions…
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