Williams v. Kimball
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval county. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Liddon, J.:
Diana Landsbury (sometimes called in the record Diana Landsbury Kimball), a negro woman, who was bom a slave, died in Duval county, Florida, on the 23rd day of November, 1885, seized in fee simple of a tract of land situated in said county. The case below *51was an action of ejectment brought by the appellant against the appellee, who is in the possession of the property, claiming as the husband and heir-at-law of said Diana, who left no children surviving her. The judgment was for defendant.
The validity of the title of the defendant is attacked, upon the ground that he is not che…
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