Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund v. Gleason

Taylor, C. J.:

In August, 1892, the appellee filed his bill in equity fin the Circuit Court of Dade county against the appellants under the provisions of section 1500 of the *772Revised Statutes, the same being section 1 of chapter-3884, laws, approved June 4th, 1889, alleging therein that he was the owner of all the lands lying above the waters of Biscayne Bay in section 19, township 53 S., R. 42 E., in Dade county, Florida, and that he acquired same by a deed of conveyance in fee from his-father, W. IT. Gleason, who acquired said land by patent from the United States. The bill alleges…