Bliss v. Kinsey
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
HOBSON, Chief Judge.
*192Appellant appeals an adverse declaratory decree defining the boundary between two lots in Lee County, Florida. The two lots in quesion are located on Sanibel Island and are shown in Figure 1. The boundary question arises primarily because the title description fixes the boundary of both lots on a meander line, whereas there is a strip of land lying between the shore line and the meander line. It is undisputed that the government did not reserve the title to the land between the meander line and the shore line and so the issue is how to extend the boundary of the various…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hayes v. BowmanSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
- Hanson v. RiceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Menasha Wooden Ware Co. v. LawsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1888
- TRUSTEES OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT FUND OF STATE OF FLORIDA v. ToffelDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1962
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- Johnson v. McCowenDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1977
- Gillilan v. KnightonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
- Bliss v. KinseySupreme Court of Florida · 1970