Huddleston v. Graham

Citations

• 73 Fla. 350
• 74 So. 414

Syllabus

<p>1. Section 1522 of the General Statutes of Florida, 1906, providing for the admission in evidence of judgments and decrees, and certified copies thereof, does not render the original record in a cause inadmissible to prove its contents.</p> <p>2. Where a dtecree in an equity cause is doubtful in meaning because of certain language used, and such decree is offered in evidence to establish the point that the matter in controversy has been adjudicated, the court will be aided in its interpretation of the meaning of the decree by reference to the pleadings in the cause.</p> <p>3. An estoppel operates against the principals and their privies,</p> <p>4. Where in an equity cause the legal and equitable title to land is adjudicated as between the parties, the decree in said cause will constitute res adjudicata as between the same parties or their privies in a subsequent action at law involving the title to said land.</p>