Legal Opinion
Jenkins v. Merritt
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided June 15, 1879PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Westcott
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The bill in this case is filed by Jenkins and wife in the Circuit- Court of Jackson county against Alexander S. Merritt.
The equities set up in the bill are that Ethington J .Merritt died on the 19th day of November, A. D. 1873, having made his last will and testament to the effect following:
First. I give, devise and bequeath unto my son Alexander S. Merritt six thousand dollars in bonds of the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company of- the State of Georgia, and four thousand dollars of the bonds of the New York, and New Haven Railroad, and the lands on' which my1 dwelling-house is…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Webster v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 1853
- Taylor v. MasonSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Parsons v. WinslowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1810
- Mechanics Bank of Alexandria v. LynnSupreme Court of the United States · 1828
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Willingham v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1886
- Brown v. Avery ex rel. AverySupreme Court of Florida · 1912
- Sullivan v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1894
- Merritt v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Florida · 1880
- Weinreich v. WeinreichMissouri Court of Appeals · 1885
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