Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Florida, Volume 19 |
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Page 43
... testified that he owned land on Garzon's Point , in Santa Rosa county , and had owned it for twenty - three years ; was put in possession of it before the war by the United States Marshal as the result of a suit by plaintiff in the ...
... testified that he owned land on Garzon's Point , in Santa Rosa county , and had owned it for twenty - three years ; was put in possession of it before the war by the United States Marshal as the result of a suit by plaintiff in the ...
Page 44
... testified that logs were of the value of $ 6 to $ 7 per thousand superficial feet , board measure , in the water of Blackwater bay , at Garzon's Point , in De- cember , 1881. Defendant objected to the question eliciting this testimony ...
... testified that logs were of the value of $ 6 to $ 7 per thousand superficial feet , board measure , in the water of Blackwater bay , at Garzon's Point , in De- cember , 1881. Defendant objected to the question eliciting this testimony ...
Page 55
... Gilbert was sworn on the part of the plaintiffs and testified that the land in question was deeded to her by one Swails ; that the deed was lost and she was unable to find it . De- Russ v . Gilbert et ux . - Opinion of JUNE TERM , 1882 .
... Gilbert was sworn on the part of the plaintiffs and testified that the land in question was deeded to her by one Swails ; that the deed was lost and she was unable to find it . De- Russ v . Gilbert et ux . - Opinion of JUNE TERM , 1882 .
Page 70
... testified that his brother , John Coffee , had the land in controversy in 1839 , had a " claim " and cleared part of it before it was in market . He bought his brother's claim , and after it was put in market Bryant Stripling and T ...
... testified that his brother , John Coffee , had the land in controversy in 1839 , had a " claim " and cleared part of it before it was in market . He bought his brother's claim , and after it was put in market Bryant Stripling and T ...
Page 71
... testified that " Charles A. Groover had a clearing on part of the land in controversy , and I had part of the land in cultivation that was included in my deed south of the Watson line , and as there was a dispute between Mr.Groover and ...
... testified that " Charles A. Groover had a clearing on part of the land in controversy , and I had part of the land in cultivation that was included in my deed south of the Watson line , and as there was a dispute between Mr.Groover and ...
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Page 172 - If a person entitled to bring an action die before the expiration of the time limited for the commencement thereof, and the cause of action...
Page 921 - In testimony whereof, the said parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.
Page 530 - In the first place, the people, in framing the Constitution, committed to the legislature the whole law-making power of the State, which they did not expressly or impliedly withhold. Plenary power in the legislature for all purposes of civil government is the rule. A prohibition to exercise a particular power is an exception.
Page 493 - ... and thereupon the persons who have so subscribed such articles of association, and all persons who shall become stockholders in such company...
Page 269 - All general laws and special acts passed pursuant to this section, may be altered from time to time or repealed.
Page 591 - The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen, or class of citizens, privileges or immunities, which, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens.
Page 531 - It is but a decent respect due to the wisdom, the integrity, and the patriotism of the legislative body by which any law is passed, to presume in favor of its validity, until its violation of the constitution is proved beyond all reasonable doubt.
Page 270 - The general assembly shall provide such revenue as may be needful by levying a tax, by valuation, so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his, her or its property...
Page 668 - It is a principle universally declared and admitted that municipal corporations can levy no taxes, general or special, upon the inhabitants or their property, unless the power be plainly and unmistakably conferred.
Page 876 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.