Petty v. Mays
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval county. Trial and judgment by Mr. E. P. Fleming, attorney at law, as Referee. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief-Justice
delivered the opinion of the court:
This was an action of ejectment commenced by Richard .Jones in the Circuit Court for Duval county and referred to a.referee for trial. The plea was not guilty. .
Plaintiff to prove his title offered a deed from Daniel C. Larey to Henry Gordon, dated 20th October, 1868, duly executed and recorded during the same month. Plaintiff next offered in evidence a decree of the Circuit Court for Duval- county in chancery rendered April 1,1881, in a suit to foreclose a mortgage executed by Henry Gordon and his wife to Richard Jones, in which Jones was…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Greer v. MezesSupreme Court of the United States · 1861
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