Estabrook v. Wise

348 So.2d 355 (1977)

Louise Orr ESTABROOK, Appellant,

v.

Watson W. WISE and Phillips Petroleum Company, a Corporation, Appellees.

No. AA-444.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 11, 1977.

Rehearing Denied August 8, 1977.

Wilmer H. Mitchell, Mitchell & Oberhausen, Pensacola, for appellant.

William F. McGowan, Jr., Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, Tampa, and W. Spencer Mitchem, Beggs & Lane, Pensacola, for appellees.

RAWLS, Acting Chief Judge.

Discovery of oil in the Jay, Florida, oil field area has resulted in a microscopic scrutiny of the title to land in that…