Williams v. Wetmore
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division B. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. STATEMENT. A bill was filed in the Circuit Court of Duval county by the appellee against the appellant wherein it was alleged that one Jack Parker in his life time acquired by deed a part of fractional lot 2 in section 12, township 2 S. R. 26 east, beginning at a post at the corner of sections 12, 11, 1 and 2, T. 2, S. R. 26 E., thence along the section line south 88 degrees 15 minutes east…
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This case was decided by Division B. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. STATEMENT. A bill was filed in the Circuit Court of Duval county by the appellee against the appellant wherein it was alleged that one Jack Parker in his life time acquired by deed a part of fractional lot 2 in section 12, township 2 S. R. 26 east, beginning at a post at the corner of sections 12, 11, 1 and 2, T. 2, S. R. 26 E., thence along the section line south 88 degrees 15 minutes east to a post on the west line of the public road leading from Jacksonville to Panama Mill, thence along the west side of…
1Opinion of the Court
Hockek, J.,
(after stating the facts.) Two assignments of error are insisted upon here by the appellant. In substance, they are, first, that the court of equity had no jurisdiction of the subject matter of this suit; and second, that the court erred in hearing the cause without the testimony of the defendant.
*623As to the first, the solicitor for appellant admits that he would not have raised this question if he had had the benefit of his testimony before the Chancellor which had been taken by the examiner, but which the examiner did not report. The record shows that the defendant below and…
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- Reynes v. DumontSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Brown v. Lake Superior Iron Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
- DeCottes v. ClarksonSupreme Court of Florida · 1901
- Doggett v. HartSupreme Court of Florida · 1853
- Hine v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
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- Terra Ceia Estates v. TaylorSupreme Court of Florida · 1914
- Ganaway v. HendersonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1958
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