Forrester v. Watts
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from Circuit Court for Jackson County; A. G. Campbell, Judge. Statement. Appellee, the complainant below, brought a bill for partition of real estate, in Jackson County, against Mary L. Forrester and Cary W. Forrester, her son.
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Appeal from Circuit Court for Jackson County; A. G. Campbell, Judge. Statement. Appellee, the complainant below, brought a bill for partition of real estate, in Jackson County, against Mary L. Forrester and Cary W. Forrester, her son. The bill in substance states that in 1902 when B. M. Forrester, the husband of Mary L. Forrester, died, he owned all the land described in the bill; that in 1897 he and his father, T. R. Forrester, bought it together, but thereafter T. R. Forrester sold his half interest to B. M. Forrester, and the latter then owned the entire tract, but before he finished…
1Opinion of the Court
Browne, C.J.,
(after stating the facts.)—In the consideration of this case we are confronted at the outset by the allegation in the bill “that the deed made to her did not convey the title in the said half interest to her in fee simple, but only as trustee for the estate of B. M. Forrester.” This is a declaration of an express trust'which the evidence not only failed to sustain, but conclusively disproved, as the deed from T. R. Forrester to M. L. Forrester which was introduced in evidence is an absolute and unconditional one in fee simple. We may consider die case, however, as predicated upon…
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