Legal Opinion
Polk County Nat. Bank v. Scott
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 4, 1904No. 1,324PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida.
1Opinion of the Court
SHEEBY, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit in equity between the Polk County National Bank, a corporation chartered under the national banking act, and Anna C. Scott and Carteret C. Scott, citizens of Great Britain. The subject of the suit is 360 acres of land in Florida. The purpose of the original bill filed by the national bank was to cancel as fraudulent the title of Anna C. Scott to the land. In defense Mrs. Scott .filed a cross-bill seeking the cancellation of a deed which the complainant bank received from the sheriff of Polk county, Fla., who sold the land as the property of Carteret C.…
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