Okeechobee Co. Ex Rel. Highsmith v. Norton
Supreme Court of Florida
1Opinion of the CourtBuford, J.
Writ of error brings for review judgment in favor of defendants in a suit in ejectment.
Plaintiff proved the paramount record title while defendants relied upon adverse possession for a period of seven (7) years, basing their claim of adverse possession on possession under color of title in them and their predecessors in title from the 2nd day of August, 1932, to the institution of the suit on to-wit, the 3rd day of April, 1939, and tacking such possession to that claimed by the original grantee in spch. color of title who was theretofore in possession of some part of the described land…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Horton v. Smith-Richardson Investment Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1921
- Wilkins v. Pensacola City Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1895
- Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. Board of Bond Trustees of Special Road & Bridge District No. 1Supreme Court of Florida · 1926
- Douglass v. AldridgeSupreme Court of Florida · 1925
- Berry v. Perdido Realty Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1922
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Little v. KendrickSupreme Court of Florida · 1943
- Okeechobee Company v. NortonSupreme Court of Florida · 1942
- Boyd v. LaneDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1976
- Daniels v. Alico Land Development Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1966