Carncross v. Lykes
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough county. The facts of the case are stated in .the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief-Justice delivered the opinion of the court:
Mary E. Carncross brought an action of ejectment in the Circuit Court of Hillsborough county against Howell T. Lykes, as executor of James E. Lipscomb, for the recovery of Lot Ho. 4, in Block Ho. 10, in the town of Tampa. 'She introduced in evidence a patent from the United States to the County Commissioners of Hillsborough county for a forty acre tract of land in said county, and also a deed from said Commissioners to herself of the tract sued for, which was a part of the land included in the patent from the United States.
The defendant…
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