Sanders v. Ransom
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard county. STATEMENT. Prances A. Ransom, as administratrix of Theodore M. Ransom, deceased? brought an action of ejectment in the Circuit Court against James T. Sanders and John ÍT. Waller for a tract of land in Brevard county. Afterwards C. T. McCarty, Arthur E. Saeger and George A. Saeger were upon their own application made'parties defendant.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard county. STATEMENT. Prances A. Ransom, as administratrix of Theodore M. Ransom, deceased? brought an action of ejectment in the Circuit Court against James T. Sanders and John ÍT. Waller for a tract of land in Brevard county. Afterwards C. T. McCarty, Arthur E. Saeger and George A. Saeger were upon their own application made'parties defendant. These additional defendants had purchased the land in controversy, or portions of the same, after the institution of .the suit, and while the same was pending. By agreement of the parties a jury was waived in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Liddon, J.:
The gist of the controversy made by the parties in this case is as to which takes precedence, the deed of W. R. Sanders to the plaintiff, or the tax deed of same *461party to defendants Sanders and Waller. Much contention is made as to whether the plaintiff of the defendant acquired the better right to the interest of W. R. Sanders by means of such conveyances. The con-, elusions we reach is, that all of the tax deeds shown in the record were void, and the plaintiff being the legal representative of the patentee, was entitled to recover the land in controversy by virtue of the title…
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