40 So. 2d 489 - Fried v. Edmiston’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “* * * in all cases where two or more persons lay claim to land by recorded title and where neither of said claimants are in the actual possession of the land so claimed; either of the claimants may bring suit against one or all the adverse claimants, and for that purpose may join one or more adverse claimants in the same suit as defendants, to have the titles to the land adjudicated upon by the court having jurisdiction of the property, * * * and this action shall be known as the action to establish title to real estate, and the judge shall decide which of the claimants are the owners of the land in dispute * * *.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Doll v. Dearie