Williams v. Moseley ex rel. Smith
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from judgment rendered in Leon Circuit Court in favor of appellee, for $4,122 24-100, on 23d May, 1846. This cause was argued at the last term, and also a second time at this term, when the judgment of the Court below was affirmed by a divided Court. The facts of the case fully appear in the opinions delivered by the Justices.
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Appeal from judgment rendered in Leon Circuit Court in favor of appellee, for $4,122 24-100, on 23d May, 1846. This cause was argued at the last term, and also a second time at this term, when the judgment of the Court below was affirmed by a divided Court. The facts of the case fully appear in the opinions delivered by the Justices. The first question presented by this record, is whether the notes sued on were the property of Arthur Burney at the time of his death, as alleged in the first instruction asked for. That they were would seem to be admitted by the institution of this suit in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Baltzell, Justice.
This case has been twice argued with a zeal and ability proportionate to its importance and the interest felt by the parties in its de-cisión.
It has received from the Court the consideration due to the questions involved and the great principles at stake, and though regretting a difference of opinion amongst the Justices, yet they proceed to give the results to which they have arrived.
A tract of land of 400 acres, belonging to the heirs of John Farmer, was sold at public auction on the 1st of January, 1841, and "William W. Hart having become the purchaser executed his five…
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