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75 Fla. 783

Davidson v. Collier

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided May 31, 1918

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 1918-05-31

<p>Appeal- from Circuit Court for Pinellas County, O. K. Reaves, Judge.</p>

Relies on Williams v. Bailey · Simpson v. First National Bank of Pensacola

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Decree affirmed · Decided 1918-05-31

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Per Curiam.

¶1This suit was brought to re-establish an alleged lost deed to- certain land described in the bill of complaint and to quiet the title to such land in the complainant. The answer of the defendants denied the execution and existence of such deed and after the taking of testimony upon final hearing the court below held and decreed that the equities were with the defendants. Upon the facts it was held, by the court below that even if certain testimony for complainants, which was upon objection excluded, was considered the evidence was too indefinite and uncertain to establish the allegations of the bill, and the bill was dismissed.

¶2It is well settled here that the findings; of the Chancellor on the facts where the evidence is taken before a Special Master should not be disturbed by an appellate court unless such findings are clearly shown to have been erroneous. Simpson v. First National Bank of Pensacola, 74 Fla. 539, 77 South. Rep. 204; Williams v. Bailey, 69 Fla. 225, 67 South. Rep. 877.

¶3This case is clearly within this rule and it would serve no useful purpose to set out or discuss the evidence in this opinion.

¶4The decree will be affirmed.

Browne, C. J., and Taylor, Whitfield, Ellis and West, J. J., concur.
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