Bloxham v. Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Leou county. STATEMENT. The mandate issued in this cause when before this-court at the January Term, A. D. 1895, reads as follows, viz: “Whereas, lately in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit of Florida, in and for the-county of Leon, in a cause wherein the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company was plaintiff, and William D. Bloxham, as Comptroller of the State of Florida, and John A. Pearce, as Sheriff of Leon county,…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Leou county. STATEMENT. The mandate issued in this cause when before this-court at the January Term, A. D. 1895, reads as follows, viz: “Whereas, lately in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit of Florida, in and for the-county of Leon, in a cause wherein the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company was plaintiff, and William D. Bloxham, as Comptroller of the State of Florida, and John A. Pearce, as Sheriff of Leon county, Florida, were defendants, the decree and order of said Circuit Court were rendered November 25th, A. D. 1893, as by the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mabry, J.:
After the decision of this court in this case on the former appeal (Bloxham, Comptroller, et al. vs. F. C. & P. R. R. Co., 35 Fla. 625, 17 South. Rep. 902), no *281•decree was entered by the Circuit Court under the ■mandate sent down, but leave was granted by that -court and a supplemental bill in the nature of a bill of review was filed by appellee, the complainant in the ■original proceedings. It becomes necessary that we now determine whether such a bill was permissible, in the then status of the case, under the rules of practice in courts of chancery.
A supplemental bill, says Story…
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