Whitlock v. Willard
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon county, to which the case was transferred from Madison county. The intestates mentioned in the bill, and of whose estates T. H. Willard is administrator, are Lewis I). Whitlock and Benjamin E. Whitlock. The appeal was brought to the January Term, 1880, and the opinion as to dismissing it was filed at that term. There was no motion to dismiss. The other facts bearing on the question of dismissal are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Westcott
This is an appeal from a decree rendered by the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit for Leon county on the 24th day of September, A. D. 1879.
The bill was by Willard as the legal representative of the intestates mentioned. He alleged that under the will of Joseph Wardlaw, deceased, his intestates were entitled to a portion of a tract of land in Madison county.
The bill was brought against several parties, among others against Thomas L. Whitlock, the appellant, who claimed an interest as heir-at-law of some of the devisees under the will, who had died, and as a party who had been in…
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