Beccaise v. Beccaise

Citations

• 65 Fla. 441
• 62 So. 209

Syllabus

<p>Devisees or heirs at law of a testator who claim merely legal estate in his real property, where there is no trust, cannot maintain a bill in equity for tbe sole purpose of obtaining a judicial construction of tbe will, since tbe decision of sueb legal questions belongs exclusively to the courts of law, except where they arise incidentally in a. court of equity, in the exercise of its legitimate powers, or where the court has obtained jurisdiction of the cause for some other purpose.</p>