Matthews v. Jeacle
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division B. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtParkhill, J.
The appellant filed in the Circuit Court her bill for partition of a certain lot in the city of Jacksonville known as lot one (1) in block forty-three (43). A demurrer to the bill was sustained and the complainant appeals.
The bill alleges that said complainant and the defendants are the sole surviving heirs at law of Joseph C. Brown, deceased, and his wife Tabitha Brown, also deceased.
The bill prays, first, that lot one, block forty-three be decreed to be the homestead of Joseph C. Brown, and partitioned as such. We fail to see how this lot became the homestead of Joseph C. Brown, for the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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