Pierce v. J. M. Brunswick & Balk Co.
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Franklin county. Judge McClellan, of the First Circuit, sat in the place -of Justice Raney, who was disqualified. The appellee, a corporation under the laws of Ohio, filed its bill in the Circuit Court of Franklimcounty, August 21, '1884, against J. M. McNiel, Alton Pierce and Geo. A. Patvton, Collector of Revenue of Franklin county.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Franklin county. Judge McClellan, of the First Circuit, sat in the place -of Justice Raney, who was disqualified. The appellee, a corporation under the laws of Ohio, filed its bill in the Circuit Court of Franklimcounty, August 21, '1884, against J. M. McNiel, Alton Pierce and Geo. A. Patvton, Collector of Revenue of Franklin county. The bill of appellee alleges that J.'M. McNiel, on March 19, 1883, was indebted to it in the sum of $184, for a -carom table and appurtenances which he had purchased ffrom appellee, that he gave his promissory notes, ten in…
1Opinion of the Court
Judge McClellan
delivered the opinion of the court:
The appellants assign some six different grounds of error upon which they ask a reversal of the decree made by the court below, only one of which this court deems it necessary to consider, and that is the first, which is that the complainant had no such case as entitled it to relief in a court of equity against them or either of them. There is nothing alleged by appellants against the mortgage, its execution, its record, or that the mortgage debt was actually due and •owing. The only question for this court to consider is the validity of the…
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