Simmons v. Spratt
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion,
1Opinion of the Court
Raney, C. J,:
On the former appeal in this case, 20 Fla., 495, it was held that if the intended grantee in a deed is not named, he should be ascertained by description, so as to distinguish him from all other persons, and that a deed purporting to set apart, distribute and convey a described lot of land “to the estate of Daniel W. Hart,” he being dead, does not pass the legal title to his niece, his devisee entitled to his estate.
The remaining question, therefore, as to title shown is, says the opinion, p. 50Q, whether plaintiff, Spratt, proved *453title in Daniel W. Hart, because, if so, the…
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