Florida Central & Western Railroad v. Bostwick
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Alachua county. statement. The appellant company filed a bill in chancery in the •Circuit Court for Duval county against appellees to enjoin the prosecution of an ejectment suit instituted by Bostwick against the company to recover possession of certain described lots of land situated in the city of Jacksonville, and also for the establishment of a legal title to said lots in the company.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Alachua county. statement. The appellant company filed a bill in chancery in the •Circuit Court for Duval county against appellees to enjoin the prosecution of an ejectment suit instituted by Bostwick against the company to recover possession of certain described lots of land situated in the city of Jacksonville, and also for the establishment of a legal title to said lots in the company. The bill as amended alleges that William M. Bostwick, a defendant therein, instituted a suit of ejectment against the Florida Central & Western Railroad Company to recover…
1Opinion of the CourtMabry, C. J.
(after stating the facts):
No testimony was taken in this case, but the facts .and testimony relied upon were agreed on by counsel for the respective parties. It was stipulated by counsel that the agreement made and testimony taken in *148the chancery suit of Fleming and Hunter, Trustees, vs. The Florida Central Railroad Company et al., then pending in the court, should be taken and considered as testimony in this suit, and it was also agreed that-the testimony was, at the time of making the agreement, all in and the case was ready for hearing. The-agreements made and the testimony taken in the…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Bostwick v. Florida Central & Western RailroadSupreme Court of Florida · 1911