McLeod v. Dell
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided at Jacksonville. The following statement of the case was prepared by the Justice who delivered the opinion : The bill in this cause is filed by the administrators of’ Amos L. Dell, deceased, against the executor of the last will and testament of Bennett M. Dell, deceased. Amos L. Dell, was a son of the said testator, and one of the beneficiaries-named in his will.
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This case was decided at Jacksonville. The following statement of the case was prepared by the Justice who delivered the opinion : The bill in this cause is filed by the administrators of’ Amos L. Dell, deceased, against the executor of the last will and testament of Bennett M. Dell, deceased. Amos L. Dell, was a son of the said testator, and one of the beneficiaries-named in his will. The bill sets forth that Bennett M. Doll did, on the 21st day of February, A. D. 1855, make and publish his last will and testament in writing, which is herein inserted at full length, and is in the following…
1Opinion of the CourtDuPONT, C. J.
Preliminary to a consideration of the questions growing out of the law of this case, and uj)on which the rights of the parties are to be determined, it may not be out of place to call attention to a point of practice, which seems to have *439«scaped the observation of the counsel who prepared the “ petition of appeal” filed in this Court. The petition sets forth, by way of exceptions, the grounds assumed by the chancellor in his opinion delivered in the Court below, and which it is presumed formed the basis of his decree sustaining the demurrer and ordering the bill to be dismissed. In the case…
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