Hannay v. Sanchez

Citations

• 68 Fla. 167
• 66 So. 997

Syllabus

<p>A deed executed in February, 1873, by the Commissioner of Lands and Immigration in the name of the State, under the seal of the State Land Department, and actually recorded, is, in view of the policy and effect of subsequent statutes designed to cure defects in deeds executed in the name of the State, sufficient evidence of title to support a suit to quiet title, even if there were no attesting witnesses to the deed when such attestation was apparently contemplated by the form given in the statute, Chapter 1865, Acts of 1872, under which the deed was executed.</p>