Skinner Manufacturing Co. v. Wright
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division A. Writ of Error to the Circuit Gojirt for Santa Rosa County. The facts in the case are stated in the- opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, J.
The plaintiff in error brought an action of ejectment in the statutory form against the defendant in error to recover the possession of real estate and also mesne profits. The plea was not guilty. Judgment was rendered for the defendant. On writ of error *563the plaintiff assigns as errors the rejection of testimony, the giving of charges and the denial of a motion for new trial.
At the trial the plaintiff undertook to deraign title to the land by deeds of conveyance beginning with one Frank Smith in 1871. It was not shown that Smith was in possession of the land' or that h*e had a right to> the…
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