Adams v. ReQua
Supreme Court of Florida
Writs of Error to the Circuit Court for Duval county. The same points of law were involved in the two above entitled cases, and the following opinion in the ReQua case,, which was the only one delivered, covers both cases, the judgment of the court below in each being affirmed.
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Writs of Error to the Circuit Court for Duval county. The same points of law were involved in the two above entitled cases, and the following opinion in the ReQua case,, which was the only one delivered, covers both cases, the judgment of the court below in each being affirmed. In the case, in the Circuit Court, of “ Helen ReQua for use of Edwin Higgins vs. John S. Driggs, Admr. of Estate of John S. Adams, deceased,” judgment was entered in said court November 12, 1879, “ that the plaintiff have and recover of and from the defendant ” the sums of money-named therein. Upon this judgment…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief Justice delivered the opinion of the court:
The plaintiff made her motion in the Circuit Court of Duval county to amend a judgment rendered in the Circuit Court of said county on the 12th day of November, A. D. 1879, wherein she was plaintiff for the use of Edward Higgins, and “John S. Driggs, Administrator of J. S. Adams, deceased,” was defendant.
The object of the motion was that the judgment and execution should be so amended as that it should appear thereon that they were awarded against John S. Driggs, as administrator de bonis non, cum testamento annexo, of J. S. *253Adams,…
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