Legal Opinion
City of St. Petersburg v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 7, 1943No. 9144PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCORD, Circuit Judge.
The city of St. Petersburg, Florida, brought an action in ejectment to recover the use and possession of a vacated and closed portion of a street which, since the year 1905, has been continuously used and occupied by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company as part of the site of a freight depot. The material facts were stipulated, judgment was entered for the railroad, and the City appealed.
Eighth Street South was and is a public street in the City of St. Petersburg. Reciting as a preamble that the railroad company desired to build a freight depot on Eighth Street, and…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. WorleySupreme Court of Florida · 1905
- Bozeman v. City of St. PetersburgSupreme Court of Florida · 1917
- Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad v. Ocala Street & Suburban RailroadSupreme Court of Florida · 1897
- Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. City of MiamiSupreme Court of Florida · 1918
- Lutterloh v. Mayor of Cedar KeysSupreme Court of Florida · 1875
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Kramer v. City of LakelandSupreme Court of Florida · 1948
- Herr v. City of St. PetersburgSupreme Court of Florida · 1959
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. City of St. Petersburg, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- In Re Clayton's EstateSupreme Court of Colorado · 1953