Lester v. Schutt

This was a suit in ejectment filed in October, 1927, by Walter T. Schutt against Helena Myrtle Messina Lester and G. W. Lester, her husband, and Dade County, a political subdivision of the State of Florida. The pleadings consist of a statutory declaration in ejectment prepared in accordance with Section 5044 C. G. L., 3236 R. G. S., and a plea of not guilty putting in issue the title to the lands in controversy, as provided in the same section. There was a trial and a judgment for the plaintiff which, upon writ of error, was reversed for a new trial because of .the undue delay of the trial…