Simms v. City of Tampa
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division B. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County. STATEMENT. The municipality of the city of Tampa on August 12th, 1903, filed its bill in the Circuit Court of Hillsborough county in equity against the appellants and one F. Rumeli to enforce and foreclose various liens that it held or '•claimed upon a certain lot of land located in said city of Tampa for city taxes assessed against said lot.
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This case was decided by Division B. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County. STATEMENT. The municipality of the city of Tampa on August 12th, 1903, filed its bill in the Circuit Court of Hillsborough county in equity against the appellants and one F. Rumeli to enforce and foreclose various liens that it held or '•claimed upon a certain lot of land located in said city of Tampa for city taxes assessed against said lot. This proceeding resulted in a decree in favor of the city in which a master was appointed and authorized to sell the lot at public sale for the collection of the…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
(after stating the facts) : There was no error in the order made and questioned here. It is well settled that restitution, on reversal of a judgment, can be compelled only from parties to the record, or from their beneficial assignees, or, in case of the death of the execution plaintiff, from his executor or administrator. Restitution cannot be compelled from third persons, strangers to the record, who were hona fide purchasers at a sale under process dependent upon a judgment subsequently reversed, or who acquired Iona fide collateral rights there*645under, and tlieir rights are in no way…
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