Legal Opinion
Lindsay v. Platt
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided July 1, 1860PublishedCited by 3 opinions
This case was decided at Tampa. Appeal from Hernando Circuit Court. For a statement of the facts of the case, reference is made Jo the decision of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This suit was brought for an account and distribution of' the real and personal estate of Joshua Platt, deceased, who died in 1854, leaving eight children, of whom tlicomplainant is one.
The only defence set up is that contained in the eighth section of the answer, which reads as follows:
“ And this defendant, further answering, says, the complainant, Nathan Lindsay, on the 8th day of January, 1845, then the husband of the said Amy Lindsay, undertook to collect, and for that purpose received from said Platt, deceased, a jxromissory note in writing, signed by Thomas S.. Parr, for five hundred…
2Cited by3 opinions
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