City of Miami Beach v. Miami Beach Improvement Co.

The Miami Beach Improvement Company, a Florida corporation, came into existence during the year 1912, and accepted title to a tract of land, containing ocean front property, situated in Dade County, Florida, on which a considerable portion of the City of Miami Beach, Florida was later constructed. The lands were wild and unimproved, and were later surveyed and subdivided into lots, blocks, streets and drives, and on October 1, 1912, a map or plat of this subdivision was recorded in Dade County, Florida. An inscription appearing on the recorded plat or map is viz:

“Map of the Ocean Front…