Hogans v. Carruth

This is an action of ejectment by appellants against appellee. Taking a general .view of the appellants’ case as developed by their testimony in this record and discussed in their briefs, it may be divided into two parts : First, a claim that the title was in their ancestors, and hence their right to recover; second, that the title was in the United States, or in Charles E. Smith, who claims through the State of Florida and the Trustees of some railroad Company. The second ground may be disposed of by simply stating that proof that the title is not in the plaintiffs but in somebody else,…