Cook v. Rochford

60 So.2d 531 (1952)

COOK et al.

v.

ROCHFORD et al.

Supreme Court of Florida, Division B.

August 5, 1952.

Rehearing Denied September 2, 1952.

Paul Ritter, Winter Haven, for appellants.

Surles & Trawick, Lakeland, for appellees.

MATHEWS, Justice.

This is an appeal from the final decree quieting title to certain lands in Polk County in the appellees.

In 1921 John Wilkes, a resident of Terrell County, Georgia, acquired the fee simple title to the property in question. He died in 1922, and under his will the fee simple title to the land became vested in Maggie Wilkes and Emily Cook, each acquiring an…