Horne v. Miami-Dade County

Mrs. Betty Horne appeals an adverse final summary judgment in two consolidated circuit court cases. In the first, she and her late husband sued appellees Miami-Dade County and Metropolitan Homes LLC to vacate a tax certificate sale of the Hornes’ Miami Lakes home of 37 years. In the second, appellee Metropolitan (purchaser of the home at the tax deed sale for a fraction of its then-assessed value) sued to quiet title to the home. We reverse the final summary judgment and remand the cases for further proceedings.

The Hornes purchased their home in Miami Lakes in 1968. In 1995, they conveyed the…