Lines v. Darden
Supreme Court of Florida
This cause was brought up by appeal from a decree of tbe Circuit Couit for Gadsden County, sitting in Chancery. Henry D. Darden and Eloiza Darden, his wife, appellees in this Court, and complainants in the' Court below, filed tbeir bill against Sarab A. Lines, Benjamin S. Hawley, -and Elizabeth, his wife, John W. Goldwire, and Sarah Jane, his wife, John W. Poindexter, and Harriet, his wife, J. Lawrence Lines, and Joseph E. Lines, claiming that by the last will and testament…
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This cause was brought up by appeal from a decree of tbe Circuit Couit for Gadsden County, sitting in Chancery. Henry D. Darden and Eloiza Darden, his wife, appellees in this Court, and complainants in the' Court below, filed tbeir bill against Sarab A. Lines, Benjamin S. Hawley, -and Elizabeth, his wife, John W. Goldwire, and Sarah Jane, his wife, John W. Poindexter, and Harriet, his wife, J. Lawrence Lines, and Joseph E. Lines, claiming that by the last will and testament of Jonathan Eobinson, deceased, a trust was created for their benefit, which the appellant, Sarah A. Lines, failed to…
1Opinion of the CourtSemmes, Justice
The question presented in the argument on the demurrer, and on that part of the decree granting relief to two of the defendants, Goldwire and Poindexter, it is unnecessary to consider, inasmuch as they will be disposed of by one decision on the merits of the case.
The whole controversy arises out of a construction of the will of Jonathan Robinson, deceased-; and in the consideration of this question, it is scarcely possible to travel through -the numerous authorities commented on by counsel, and which have been pressed upon this Court with great ability.
We must content ourselves with a…
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