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Rotolante v. Metropolitan Dade County

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 12, 1962No. 61-695PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARKDULL, Judge.

The appellants, as property owners, filed a complaint to prevent forcible eviction and trespass, quiet title, etc., against the appellee, Metropolitan Dade County, Florida, attempting to relieve their land from certain claims of the County that it was possessed of a right-of-way to build canals across their property. The chancellor, upon final hearing, upheld the rights of the County and entered a final decree dismissing the complaint.

The record reveals the following circumstances : In 1908, the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida conveyed to one…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Ideal Farms Drainage District v. Certain LandsSupreme Court of Florida · 1944
  2. Trustees of Internal Improvement Fund v. BassSupreme Court of Florida · 1953
  3. Gay v. Inter-County Tel. & Tel. Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1952
  4. Albury v. Central and Southern Florida Flood Control DistrictDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1957
  5. Heidt v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Florida · 1949

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Bryant v. PeppeSupreme Court of Florida · 1970
  2. Central & Southern Florida Flood Control District v. DupuisDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1964
  3. American Cyanamid Co. v. StateCircuit Court for the Judicial Circuits of Florida · 1981
  4. Beaty v. Metropolitan Dade CountyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1965

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