The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-07-28
CHAPTER 6s27-(NO. 1857.

OF mortgage, or lien against, or 1or specinc
performance of a contract to convey, or ex.
change real estate, or for the administration
of the estate of decedent or other suit in
Chancery relating to or affecting the title to
real estate, shall state in a sworn bill that he
believes that there is person or. are persons
interested in the property involved in such suit
whose name or names are unknown to him,
ard shall pray for relief against them, in such
bill, he shall be entitled to process by publ.
cation to bring in such persons as parties de-.
PENDANT to such suit. If the said. unknown per.
sons shall be known or believed by the com.
plainant to be heirs, devisees, grantees, or
other claimants under a person deceased whose
name is known to the complainant, the com.
plainant shall state the name of such person in
the bill, but the failure TO so state shall not
nvalidate any decree obtained by complainant
in such suit. If there be any person or per.
sons whose names are known to the complain.
ant interested in the said property, such per.
son or persons shall be made a party or
parties defendant to the bill; but il there be
no person or persons so known, the bill may
be instituted and maintained wholly against
Section ?. That Section of said Act
shall be amended so as to read as follows:
Section ). DEGREES pro confesso can be
entered as in other cases OF service by pub
lication. Upon the entry Of such decree the
Judge shall make an order appointing an at.
torney, learned in the law, as guardian for
shall make and file an oath that he will faith,
fully discharge the duties of his office; and
he shall file such answer and make such de-
tense as he may deem proper to protect the
substantial interests, If any, of said absent
defendants. His fees shall be fixed by the
court appointing him and shall be paid by the
complainant and taxed as costs in the case.
Final DEGREES entered against unknown parties
in interest shall be conclusive on such parties
and persons deriving through them, from the
date of rendition, unless re.hearing shall
be applied for within one year thereafter. But
if the complainant shall, within six months
of such decree serve copy of such decree on
any person interested who shall become
known to him, by producing sworn proof OF
the delivery of a copy of such decree to such
person or persons, re.hearing shall not be
had unless applied for within six months from
the date of such service. DEGREES for the sale
OF property in the administration of estates
Of decedents shall not be reheard
Sec. 3. That this Act shall take effect i'm
mediately upon becoming a law, but shall not
affect any pending suits.
Approved, June S, 1911.
CHAPTER 622S-(NO. 1907.
AN ACT to Regulate and Prescribe the Prac.
tce of Attorneys in Criminal Cases.
Be it Enacted BY the Legislature Of the State
of Florida:
Section !. That from and after the passage
of this Act, that in all criminal cases where
the defendant offers no testimony in his own
behalf except his own, the attorney or attor.
neys for the defendant shall have the closing
argument.
Sec. ?. That this Act shall go into effect
upon its passage and approval by the Governor,
or upon its becoming law without such APP
proval.
Approved May 20, 1911.