State ex rel. Reynolds v. White
Supreme Court of Florida
This is a case of Original Jurisdiction. Statement. On November 2, 1892, the Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad Company filed its bill of complaint in the Circuit Court of Leon county against William D. Bloxham as Comptroller of the State of Florida, and John A. Pearce as Sheriff of Leon county, Florida, praying that a decree be rendered, adjudging: 1st. That the entire line of railroad from Jacksonville to Chattahoochee, and branches to Monticello and St. Marks, and the…
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This is a case of Original Jurisdiction. Statement. On November 2, 1892, the Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad Company filed its bill of complaint in the Circuit Court of Leon county against William D. Bloxham as Comptroller of the State of Florida, and John A. Pearce as Sheriff of Leon county, Florida, praying that a decree be rendered, adjudging: 1st. That the entire line of railroad from Jacksonville to Chattahoochee, and branches to Monticello and St. Marks, and the lines of its road from Fernandina to Cedar Keys, and from Waldo to Plant City, are covered by the exemption from…
1Opinion of the Court
Carter, J.:
1. It is insisted by the seventh ground of demurrer that the review sought by the bill filed by defendant was proper, because (a) no final decree was properly entered in the cause; (b) the decree of June 19th, 1897, was informal and imperfect, and within itself unintelligible, as it can only be read in connection with and by reference to another decree rendered in the samé cause November 25, 1893; (c) that William D. Bloxham, one of the parties to said decree, had ceased to be Comptroller of the State of Florida at the time it was entered.
A. If, as contended by defendant, the…
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