Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad v. St. Clair-Abrams

Mabry, C. J.:

In October, 1890, appellee commenced in.the .Circuit Court for Lake county an action of unlawful entry and detainer of a certain described lot of land in the-town of Tavares, Lake County, Florida, against appellant, and on the trial obtained a judgment for possession and six hundred dollars damages. An appeal was taken to the January term, 1891, of this court and the transcript of the record was- filed here qn the* *517'26th of that month. The petition of appeal filed at the time the transcript was filed contains a recital of pleas in the Circuit Court for the Seventh Judicial…