Edwards v. Sarasota Venice Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida; Rhydon M. Call, Judge. Suit by the Sarasota Venice Company against Robert J. Edwards and others. From a decree .for complainant, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, District Judge.
The suit is by the Sarasota Venice Company against Robert J. Edwards, Frank K. Linscott, and E. A. Shat-tuck "to quiet the title to certain described lands, aggregating 5,120 acres, in Manatee county, Fla. The court refused to dismiss the bill as amended, and the case was tried on the bill and answer, and resulted in a decree for the plaintiff.
As amended, the bill alleged that the Florida Commercial Company, a corporation, was the owner of a large area of land in Manatee county, Fla., embracing the land in controversy, and that Robert J. Edwards was the president of that…
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