Skinner v. Pinney
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court- for Escambia county. This was an action of trover, brought by appellee against appellant for the conversion of a quantity of logs. Defendant pleaded not guilty, and further that the plaintiff was not the owner of the logs nor entitled to the possession.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court- for Escambia county. This was an action of trover, brought by appellee against appellant for the conversion of a quantity of logs. Defendant pleaded not guilty, and further that the plaintiff was not the owner of the logs nor entitled to the possession. The cause was tried in April, 1882. Plaintiff-testified that he owned land on Garzon’s Point, in Santa Eosa county, and had owned it for twenty-three years; was put in possession of it before the “war by the United States Marshal as the result of a suit by plaintiff in the United States Court- to recover the…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief-Justice
delivered the opinion of the court.
Under the statute of this State (McClellan’s Big., 514, S. 8,) a certified copy of a record of a deed is not made evidence without other proof of the original than the proof or acknowledgment taken before the acknowledging officer. The statute says that such certified copy shall be received in evidence in the same manner as the original thereof may be and with the like force and effect. How is an original deed of conveyance by a third person duly acknowledged made evidence ? The rule is well established that a deed offered in evidence by a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Robinson v. HartridgeSupreme Court of Florida · 1869
- Curtis v. GroatNew York Supreme Court · 1810
- Weymouth v. Chicago & North-Western Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1863
- Nesbitt v. St. Paul Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Malsby v. GambleSupreme Court of Florida · 1911
- Bell v. KendrickSupreme Court of Florida · 1889
- George W. Wright & Co. v. SkinnerSupreme Court of Florida · 1894
- Wilson Cypress Co. v. LoganSupreme Court of Florida · 1935
- L'Engle v. ReedSupreme Court of Florida · 1891
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