Florida Nat. Bank Trust Co. v. Brown

William Wallace Sikes, prior to his death on April 9, 1906, owned Lots 7 and 8 of Block 77, North, according to a map or plat of the City of Miami as prepared by A.L. Knowlton, a civil engineer. On Lot 8 was situated two small business houses which were rented from time to time but the houses were later removed and the lot was converted into and used as a parking lot. Situated on Lot 7 is a rooming house consisting of approximately nineteen rooms and for many years past has been used as a rooming house.

William Wallace Sikes was living in the rooming house situated on Lot 8, supra, with his…