Legal Opinion
Catts v. Tampa & Jacksonville Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided May 25, 1918PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from Circuit Court for DeSoto County, F. A. Whitney, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Branning, Circuit Judge.
Tampa and Jacksonville Railway Company, appellee, brought suit in equity against Sidney J. Catts, Governor of the State of Florida and others, composing the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund, to compel a conveyance of 250,'000 acres of land. A demurrer to the bill was interposed by defendant and overruled by the Circuit Court. Defendant appealed. The matter comes before this court to review the ruling upon said demurrer.
As there are general and special grounds of demurrer the demurrer will be treated as a general demurrer. Warren v. Warren, 66 Fla.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Winter v. . City of Niagara FallsNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Sanderson's Administrators v. SandersonSupreme Court of Florida · 1880
- Durham v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Florida · 1905
- Warren v. WarrenSupreme Court of Florida · 1913
- McClinton v. ChapinSupreme Court of Florida · 1907
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Howarth, Et Ux. v. City of DelandSupreme Court of Florida · 1934
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- Willmer v. Newsom, LiquidatorSupreme Court of Florida · 1933