Hogans v. Carruth
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval county. The deed of May 26th, 1834, was acknowledged by the grantors therein before the grantee, Isaiah D. Hart, Clerk of the County Court for Duval county, the day of its date. The other facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Westcott
The Appellants in this case (plaintiffs below), which is an action of ejectment to recover lot one in block one hundred and thirty-six in the city of Jacksonville, claim title as the heirs of Zachariah Hogans and Maria Hogans, his wife, formerly Maria Taylor, widow of Purnal Taylor, deceased. Plaintiffs, to show their title, placed in evidence the fourth volume of American State Papers, pp. 170, 171. *589containing a grant of 200 acres of land by the Spanish government to Donna Maria Suarez, widow of Purnal Taylor, “ and children, heirs and successors.” She subsequently married Hogans. The grant…
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