Henry Gassett & Co. v. Wilson & Brown
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from a decree made by Judge Baltzell, at a Circuit Court for tbe County of Leon, on the thirtieth day of October, 1849. The material parts of the bill, answers, exhibits, report of the master and proofs in the cause, are set out in the opinion pronounced by the Court — from which the following statement of the case is detached and inserted here: “ This is a suit in Chancery brought up by appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Leon County.
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Appeal from a decree made by Judge Baltzell, at a Circuit Court for tbe County of Leon, on the thirtieth day of October, 1849. The material parts of the bill, answers, exhibits, report of the master and proofs in the cause, are set out in the opinion pronounced by the Court — from which the following statement of the case is detached and inserted here: “ This is a suit in Chancery brought up by appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Leon County. The bill charges, that the complainants, on the 20th day of May, 1846, the Spring Term of Leon Circuit Court, obtained a judgment against the…
1Opinion of the Court
DOUGLAS, Ch. J.
This cause came on for final hearing in the Coúrt below, and was argued by counsel: whereupon it was ordered, adjudged and decreed, that the bill be dismissed, and that the complainants pay the costs, &c.
The case has been ably argued in this Court, and the question presented for our consideration, is, whether the Court erred in making that decree. On behalf of the complainants it has been contended in an argument that evinces great labor and research, that the transaction between Joseph W. Brown and Wilson & Brown, was a sale made by said Brown, of his interest in the…
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