Disston v. Board of Trustees
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from Circuit Court for Leon County, E. C. Love, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtBrowne, C. J.
Henry Disston and others who claim 59,136 acres of the public lands of Florida, by virtue of conveyances from the St. Cloud Sugar Belt Railway Company, brought suit in equity to require the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund to convey such acreage of lands to them. Demurrers to the bill were sustained, the bill dismissed and the complainants appealed.
The appellants claim that their predecessors in title derived their right to the lands through two sources, one by virtue of Chapter 3996 Laws of Florida, act of May 31, 1889, and the other by virtue of a letter from the Atlantic…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ex parte KnightSupreme Court of Florida · 1906
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- Carr v. ThomasSupreme Court of Florida · 1882
- State ex rel. Attorney-General v. BurnsSupreme Court of Florida · 1896
- Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. GeigerSupreme Court of Florida · 1886
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