Jones v. Buddington
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Alachua county. STATEMENT. Appellants filed a bill in chancery in the Duval Circuit Court against appellees, the substantial allegations-of which are, that I. D. I-Iart, deceased, was in his life-time seized and possessed of certain described real estate situated in the city of Jacksonville, Florida, water lot 27 and one-half of water lot 28, being a part thereof, and about the 5th day of May, 1857, bargained and. sold said real estate to…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Alachua county. STATEMENT. Appellants filed a bill in chancery in the Duval Circuit Court against appellees, the substantial allegations-of which are, that I. D. I-Iart, deceased, was in his life-time seized and possessed of certain described real estate situated in the city of Jacksonville, Florida, water lot 27 and one-half of water lot 28, being a part thereof, and about the 5th day of May, 1857, bargained and. sold said real estate to the Florida, Atlantic & Gulf Central Railroad Company, and in consideration therefor said company transferred and…
1Opinion of the Court
Mabry, C. J.:
(After staling the facts).
It is contended by counsel for appellants that the^ court erred in overruling their motion made before the-hearing of the cause to admit in evidence certain books» referred to in the testimony of witnesses, and marked exhibits A, B, C, D and E. Thomas H. Maxey, who> was elected secretary and treasurer of the Florida, Atlantic & Gulf Central Railroad Company in February, *1361866, was examined as a witness for complainants on interrogatories filed before a master. In an interrogatory propounded to the witness by complainants he was asked to examine a book…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Sagmeister v. FossWashington Supreme Court · 1892
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