Ropes v. Kemps

Mabry, C. J.:

The defendant in error recovered a judgment in an action of ejectment against plaintiff in error for the possession of Lota one (1) and four (4), section 11, township 15, S. of range 27 E., situated in Volusia county. To maintain the action plaintiff below offered in evidence a certified copy of a patent from the United States to him bearing date Pebmary 13fh, 1084, and describing the land mentioned in the declaration. The copy was certified to by the acting Commissioner of the General Land Office as being a true and literal exemplification from the record in his office, and was…