Caples v. Taliaferro

In 1910 R.C. Caples acquired title to Blocks 1, 2 and 3, in Section 2, Township 36 South, Range 17 East, Sarasota County, otherwise platted and known as "Shell Beach." In 1926, Caples and his wife, Ellen F. Caples, purchased and took deed from the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund to the submerged lands in front of the uplands so described. In 1927, R.C. Caples secured a loan from T.C. Taliaferro, which he secured with a mortgage on his uplands. In 1932, Taliaferro foreclosed his mortgage and secured a master's deed to said uplands.

This suit was instituted by appellees as complainants…