Brown v. Solary
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Marion county. STATEMENT. Appellees filed a bill in chancery against Charles M. Brown, E. W. Agnew, D. J. Gillen, the Marion Phosphate Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Georgia, George J. Baldwin, the Silver Springs, Ocala & Gulf Railroad Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Florida, James H. Smith, Norman R. Smith and J. P. Pulcifer, the material allegations of which are that complainants were seized in fee of…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Marion county. STATEMENT. Appellees filed a bill in chancery against Charles M. Brown, E. W. Agnew, D. J. Gillen, the Marion Phosphate Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Georgia, George J. Baldwin, the Silver Springs, Ocala & Gulf Railroad Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Florida, James H. Smith, Norman R. Smith and J. P. Pulcifer, the material allegations of which are that complainants were seized in fee of the E. % of S. E. J of sec. 26, township 16, S. of R. 18 E., situate in Marion county, the title to which being derived…
1Opinion of the Court
Mabry, C. J.:
The grounds of the demurrer that were sustained involved only formal defects that were supplied at the hearing of the demurrer. The alleged defect as to the prima facie sufficiency of the tax deed extended only ■to the absence of a seal on the copy filed with the bill, and this was simply a clerical oversight in the clerk in •not affixing the seal to the copy. The other grounds of the demurrer were considered and expressly overruled, with leave to demurrants to answer or plead to the bill. The amendment of the-mere formal defects having been made on the hearing of the demurrer,'…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Erhardt v. BoaroSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Wiggins & Johnson v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Florida · 1895
- Sloan v. SloanSupreme Court of Florida · 1889
- Haworth v. NorrisSupreme Court of Florida · 1891
- Graham v. Florida Land & Mortgage Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1894
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