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No. 4
An Ordinance in
relation to certain suits judgments &c., in the civil courts of this
State.
Be it ordained by the people of the State of Florida in
Convention assembled, That all suits heretofore commenced in any of the civil
courts of this State during the war between the United States and the so-called
Confederate Sates, and any and all judgments, orders, or decrees of said courts,
rendered or entered up against any person or persons, any one of whom at the
commencement of said suit, or during the pending thereof, was beyond the reach
and jurisdiction of said courts by reason of the war between the United States
and the so-called Confederate States, and hereby declared to be null and void,
and of no effect whatever, and all writs, executions, and sales founded on said
judgments are also hereby declared void; Provided, That nothing in this
ordinance shall be construed to prevent the plaintiff in such cases from
commencing their suits anew.
Passed in open Convention, February 21, A. D. 1868.
HORATIO JENKINS, JR., President.
SHERMAN CONANT, Secretary.
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