Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund v. Lord

KISSINGER, CLYDE M., Associate Judge.

This is a timely appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff in his suit to quiet title.

The pertinent portion of the complaint alleged:

“7. Land formed by accretion is the property of the owners of the upland property to which or against which said accretion attaches or forms. Said ownership is paramount to the ownership of any underwater or submerged land over which said accretion might form including underwater or submerged land to which the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida, named above, might…