Mote v. Morton
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division B. Appeal from Circuit Court for Lake county. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtCockrell, J.
Appellees filed their bill to enforce two mortgages given as collateral securities to a note made by Edwin H. Mote; one of the mortgages being executed by the Vails and the Lovells jointly, and the other by the Vails alone. The bill alleges that William E. Vail died in 1900, at his winter residence in Lake county, Florida, and left a will wherein Edwin S. Newton was appointed executor; *479it does not appear that the lands covered by these mortgages were devised thereby, but only that the will was duly proven and recorded in New York; that letters were issued to Newton; that a certified…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Scott v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Florida · 1903
3Cited by4 opinions
- Berns v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Florida · 1930
- Mote v. MortonSupreme Court of Florida · 1906
- Florida Land Rock Phosphate Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of Florida · 1905
- Rumeli v. City of TampaSupreme Court of Florida · 1904