Chester v. State

WIGGINTON, Judge.

Appellant has appealed a final decree rendered by the Circuit Court of Leon County, In Chancery, which denied him any share of the reward offered by the State of Florida for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the party or parties responsible for the disappearance of Judge C. E. Chillingworth. It is contended that the chancellor misconceived the legal effect of the evidence and applied thereto an incorrect principle of law in finding and holding that appellant was not entitled to all or a portion of the reward.

This interpleader action was instituted by the…