Sidener v. Jones

ZEHMER, Judge.

Harvey Sidener appeals the circuit court’s order dismissing with prejudice his action of ejectment against the property appraiser of Escambia County, the City of Pensacola, and Allen C. Williams, and contends the trial court erred in denying leave *644to amend his complaint. We agree and reverse.

Sidener’s complaint alleged that he owned the involved property based on adverse possession by color of title under a certain tax deed from Escambia County and that he, Sidener, had paid taxes on the property continuously from 1948 through 1981. In 1981, however, the county property…