Legal Opinion

Harrison v. Speer

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided November 21, 1927PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.

This was a bill filed by Mrs. Mollie Speer, joined by her husband as next friend, to quiet title to cer tain real estate in Orlando, Florida. The suit was defended by Mrs. Ruel Thiot. It appears that J. A. Peters in his lifetime owned a plot of land thirty-five feet wide on West Church street, Orlando, Florida, and John J. Harrison had purchased another plot just west of the Peters’ lot and fronting sixty-seven feet on the same street. Harrison married Peters’ daughter in 1886. He went away in 1887 or 1888 and never returned. There was some evidence tending to show that he had died shortly…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Maxwell Land Grant Co. v. DawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. Woods v. Montevallo Coal & Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1887
  3. Johnson v. RhodesSupreme Court of Florida · 1911

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Mullan v. Bk. of Pasco Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1931
  2. Whispell Foreign Cars, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2012
  3. Drake v. City of Fort LauderdaleDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1969
  4. D'Ferro v. American Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
  5. Russell v. Avis Rent a Car Systems, Inc., Florida County Courts1976

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