Putman v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from St. Johns County. This was an appeal from a decree rendered by his Honor Judge Hawkins, at Spring Term, 1846, of St. Johns Circuit Court.
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Appeal from St. Johns County. This was an appeal from a decree rendered by his Honor Judge Hawkins, at Spring Term, 1846, of St. Johns Circuit Court. A petition was filed in the Court below for leave to file a Bill of Review for the purpose of having a certain decree for the partition of the “ Arredondo Grant,” rendered at June Term, 1845, reviewed, reversed and set aside so far as defendants, John H. Lewis and wife, who'were parties and claimants under the-said decree, were concerned. The petition alleged that petitioner had been lulled into security by the letters and declarations of John…
1Opinion of the Court
BaltzeíIi, J.,
delivered the following opinion i
The record in this case presents an application for a bill of review through a petition and affidavit for that purpose, alleging the pen-dency of a suit in Chancery between petitioner and others, and defendants and others, for partition and the rendition of a decree in the case, which is stated to have been duly recorded and signed. It asks for liberty to file a bill of review for the purpose of having said decree reviewed, reversed and set aside, having recited facts, in the opinion of the applicant, sufficient to entitle him thereto.
The Court…
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