Hempel v. Consolidated Land Co.

A bill was filed by Hempel against various defendants to quiet title. Upon final hearing his bill was dismissed and he appeals from this decree.

The bill is uncertain in its allegation as to present ownership, and as to possession, but we may assume the sufficiency of these allegations, saying only that the evidence shows that the land was wild and unoccupied. The complainant’s title rests upon a tax deed, issued to him. in 1898, for the 1895 taxes. These lands were assessed to “Fla. So. R. R. C. H. D.,” and the proof is that they belonged to the Florida Southern Railroad Company, the *278initials…