Norton v. Jones
Supreme Court of Florida
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County; H. Pierre Branning, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Whitfield, J.,
{after stating the facts.)
This suit was brought to cancel of .record one chain of title to land and for partition of the land under another chain of title. Certain of the defendants and the complainant “as trustee” claim title through descent from Polly Lewis to whom a donation of land was confirmed by the United States in 1825. Other defendants, herein called adverse claimants, hold adversely under a deed of conveyance dated May 28th, 1832, from Mary Lewis to Richard Fitzpatrick in which deed the grantor conveyed all her claim to the land ‘ ‘ by virtue of a donation grant from…
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