Dewhurst v. Wright
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Lake county. STATEMENT. 1. The facts shown, and allegations and prayer made, by the bill are as follows : On June 1st, 1870, the appellee’s co-defendant, Polydore Lean, entered the land in question, 160 acres, now in Lake county, but then in Sumter, as a homestead under the laws of the United States, in the Tallahassee Land Office, the entry being Number 4667 of the series of June, 1870. In December, 1878, final proof was made under section…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Lake county. STATEMENT. 1. The facts shown, and allegations and prayer made, by the bill are as follows : On June 1st, 1870, the appellee’s co-defendant, Polydore Lean, entered the land in question, 160 acres, now in Lake county, but then in Sumter, as a homestead under the laws of the United States, in the Tallahassee Land Office, the entry being Number 4667 of the series of June, 1870. In December, 1878, final proof was made under section 2291 of the Revised Statutes, and the final certificate, No. 4261, Gainesville office, was issued on December 6th, 1883.…
1Opinion of the Court
Raney, C. J. :
'The purchase of land, represented by the bill, was made under the second section of the act of Congress, •approved June 15th, 1880, entitled : An act relating to the public lands of the United States. This section provides : That persons who have heretofore under 'any of the homestead laws entered lands properly subject to such entry, or persons to whom the right of those having so entered for homesteads may have been ■attempted to be transferred by bona fide instrument in writing, may entitle themselves to said lands by ;paying the government price therefor, and in no case'…
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