Hibbard v. State Road Department

LILES, Chief Judge.

The present appeal concerns a 25 foot strip of land situated between the Gulf of Mexico and Little Sarasota Bay in Sarasota County. The complex of litigation surrounding this property was initiated by plaintiff-appellant in 1959 and has run through five law suits, only the last three of which are of immediate interest.

Both appellant and appellee, Palmer Bank, derived title to the land in question from common grantors. In 1966, appellees, State Road Department and Sarasota County, instituted an eminent domain proceeding (Case No. 8003) to acquire a right of way that involved…