Soutter v. Miller

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court for the county of Nassau, in an action for the recovery of real property, the legal title to which was claimed by the plaintiffs (respondents) as trustees of the Florida Railroad Company.

The answer of the defendant puts in issue the right of the plaintiffs to bring suit; denies the allegations in the complaint, and claims that he had been in the peaceable possession of the premises under a title adverse to that of the plaintiffs for seven years and upwards prior to the commencement of this suit.

The cause was submitted to the judge…