Tate v. Pensacola, Gulf, Land & Development Co.
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia county. STATEMENT. The appellant, complainant below, brought his bill of complaint in the Circuit Court against appellees.' The bill sought to enforce specific performance of a written agreement for the sale of a tract of fifteen acres of land therein described, to enjoin a pending action of ejectment for said land brought by the appellee, the Pensacola, Gulf, Land and Development Company against the complainant.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia county. STATEMENT. The appellant, complainant below, brought his bill of complaint in the Circuit Court against appellees.' The bill sought to enforce specific performance of a written agreement for the sale of a tract of fifteen acres of land therein described, to enjoin a pending action of ejectment for said land brought by the appellee, the Pensacola, Gulf, Land and Development Company against the complainant. Prom such of the pleadings and testimony in the case as appears necessary to be stated it appears that the land in controversy, before and…
1Opinion of the Court
LlDDON, J.:
Several grounds were alleged and sought to be proven by the appellee, the Pensacola, Glulf, Land and Development Company, as sufficient to bar the relief sought by the complainant. Such of these grounds as it seems needful to notice may be briefly summarized as ■follows: (1) laches of complainant and those through whom he claimed in performing the contract, and in •seeking performance by the defendant; (2) that the Pensacola, Gf-ulf, Land and Development Company is •an innocent purchaser for value without notice of complainant’s equities; (3) that said defendant derived title…
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