Lake v. Hancock ex rel. Payne
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Columbia county. STATEMENT. The proceeding in the court below was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and defendant appealed. The parties are hereinafter designated according to their status in the Circuit Court. The plea was not guilty.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Columbia county. STATEMENT. The proceeding in the court below was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and defendant appealed. The parties are hereinafter designated according to their status in the Circuit Court. The plea was not guilty. It appears from the evidence that the original possession of the defendant was a tenant of George W. Hancock, deceased, who was the husband of the plaintiff. He was wh at was called a ‘ ‘renter, ” or ‘ ‘cropper. ’> After the death of…
1Opinion of the Court
Liddon, J.:
It is claimed by counsel for appellant (defendant below) that the motion for new trial was improperly overruled, for the reason that the evidence fails to show the entire estate in the appellee, and would not support a recovery of a fee simple title. The defect in the evidence is not pointed out by counsel. He says it is a plain palpable fact to be ascertained by an inspection of the deeds in evidence. We have examined the deeds offered by plaintiff, and in connection with the parol proof offered we think, as against the defendant, they show a valid fee simple title in the…
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