Goodwin v. Markwell

Citations

• 37 Fla. 464

Syllabus

<p>1. The general rule in ejectment restricting a plaintiff to a recovery uppn the strength of his own title, does not require the production of a perfect chain of title from the original source, as against one wrongfully in possession.</p> <p>2. When one goes into possession of land under a contract of purchase without paying the purchase money, he thereby admits the title of the vendor, and his tenure is at will, or in trust, rather than a disseisin.</p> <p>3. Questions tending to develop the fact that the defendant had • gone into possession of land sued for under a contract of purchase from the plaintiff, had failed to comply with said contract, and had refused to surrender possession of the land, should not be excluded on the grounds that no sufficient foundation had been laid, the answers thereto were not pertinent, to the issue, and no legal title was shown, or offered to be shown, in plaintiff.</p>