West v. Mayo

Citations

• 63 Fla. 308

Syllabus

<p>In an action for the conversion of logs alleged to have been unlawfully cut from land which had been in possession of the plaintiff for twenty years under a patent from the United States Government, the court commits no reversible error in striking from the evidence, a deed of the land made seventeen years before the trial by the plaintiff to a third party in trust, when the defendants do not claim under such deed, no trust purposes are expressed therein and such third person has never been in possession of the land or ever in any way claimed or exercised ownership over it.</p>