Legal Opinion

McRae v. McMinn

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 15, 1880PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Westcott

We do not propose to enter into any elaborate discussion of the facts and will do little more than state conclusions in this case.

Our first conclusion is that the mistake as to southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section thirty-five, town- • ship twenty-three, south, range nineteen east, is established.

Upon the face of the deed of “distribution” as it is called, and without reference to any parol testimony except to locate the houses, it is apparent that there was a mutual mistake arising from misdescription of the lands in this instrument. Hatch Whitfield intended that Mrs. McMinn…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Bradford v. President of the Union Bank of TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1852
  2. Prescott v. HeardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1813
  3. Margoley v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1861
  4. O'Neil v. TeagueSupreme Court of Alabama · 1845

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Sapp v. WarnerSupreme Court of Florida · 1932
  2. Tate v. Pensacola, Gulf, Land & Development Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1896
  3. Denco, Inc. v. BelkSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
  4. Spear v. MacDonaldSupreme Court of Florida · 1953
  5. Gloria Delesdernier, Wife of Paul Marchand v. O'ROuRke & Warren CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962

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