Legal Opinion

Southernmost Humane Society, Inc. v. City of Key West

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 28, 1978No. 78-424PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

PEARSON, Judge.

This appeal arose out of two separate suits between the parties. In the first suit, *403Southernmost Humane Society, the appellant herein, was the defendant in an action brought by the appellee City of Key West to evict the Society from property occupied by it as a tenant at sufferance. To this suit, the Humane Society filed a defense claiming that the City was estopped from evicting the Society because the City’s inaction over a period of years had led the Society to believe that it would be allowed to continue the occupation of the property. In the second suit, the Humane Society…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Coram v. PalmerSupreme Court of Florida · 1912
  2. Florida Land Investment Co. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Florida · 1928
  3. Blackiston v. SmithSupreme Court of Florida · 1917

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. A.R.A. Humane Society of Okeechobee County, Florida, Inc. v. Okeechobee CountyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994

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