Long v. Earle

This controversy grows out of the purchase, improvement and sale of property on Merritt island, opposite the city of Melbourne, Florida. Prior to April 27, 1922, Ernest Kouwen-Hoven and wife had acquired most of the land in controversy and platted it as Indialantic-by-the-Sea, and owned and controlled the highway toll bridge from the island to Melbourne. The plat as it existed at the time Herbert R. Earle and his associates became interested therein included Indialantic plat, with reservations for the Indian river bridge, board walk, golf course, and other proposed improvements. Its value…