Legal Opinion

McMillon v. Harrison

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided October 28, 1913PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appealed from Circuit Court, Manatee County; F. A. Whitney, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtCockrell, J.

This is an appeal from a decree sustaining a demurrer to a bill praying that a judgment and sheriff’s deed thereunder be cancelled.

Pending the advertisement of the sale under execution the judgment debtor Henry A. McMillon by apparently a voluntary deed quit-claimed the' forty acres so advertised to his two minor children, the complainants and appellants ; and at the sheriff’s sale M. O. Harrison, a stranger to the judgment, bought the property, about eight months before this suit was begun.

It is clear then that to set aside this judgment and sheriff’s deed, in the absence of any offer to do…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Standley v. ArnowSupreme Court of Florida · 1869
  2. Benedict v. W. T. Hadlow Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1906
  3. Holliday v. SteeleTexas Supreme Court · 1886
  4. Wylly v. Sanford Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1902

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. BrownDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1959
  2. Walker and Walker v. CarverSupreme Court of Florida · 1927
  3. AMERICAN HOSP. OF MIAMI v. NatemanDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  4. St. Lucie Estates Inc. v. Palm Beach Plumbing Supply Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1930
  5. Walker Fert. Co., Inc. v. RaceSupreme Court of Florida · 1936

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