Pocock v. Town of Medley

ROBERTS, Justice.

This controversy is between the Town of Medley, plaintiff-appellee, and Mr. and Mrs. Pocock, defendants-appellants, as to the rights of the parties, respectively, in and to a 60-foot right-of-way for a public road across the Pocock’s land.

The road in question was laid out in 1921 by Dade County upon the petition of freeholders living in the area, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4338, Laws of 1895, Section 343.05, Fla.Stat.1953, reenacted as Section 336.07, Fla.Stat.1955, F.S. A. The order of the county commissioners entered in the statutory “laying out” proceedings…