City of Anna Maria v. Miller

O’CONNELL, Justice.

This is an appeal by plaintiff, City of Anna Maria, from an order entered by the lower court, in chancery, granting the defendants’, H. B. Miller et al., motion to strike the bill of complaint and dismiss the cause of action.

Plaintiff brought action seeking to cancel a deed conveying certain land from the city to T. L. Hackney, Jr., one of the defendants. Defendant H. B. Miller, Mayor of the plaintiff city, signed the deed. This deed was dated May 26, 1946. One month afterwards Hackney conveyed to Miller an undivided one-half interest in the land. Subsequently, portions of…