Mid-State Homes, Inc. v. Prosser

PHILLIPS, CHARLES M., Associate Judge.

The Appellant, MID-STATE HOMES, INC. was the Plaintiff below and appeals the Final Decree in favor of Defendant Appellee.

On August 1, 1961 MID-STATE bought Lot 10 in Block B of Carrie E. Smith’s subdivision in Section 24, Township 18 South, Range 26 East in Lake County, Florida. In 1962 the Defendant PROSSER purchased tax certificate #420 upon the subject land and subsequently was issued a tax deed thereupon. This suit ensued in January of 1965.

The Lake County tax roll for 1962 carried 26 parcels of land in the name of MID-STATE. For 25 of these parcels…