BIRD KEY CORP. v. CITY OF SARASOTA


54 So.2d 245 (1951)

BIRD KEY CORP. v. CITY OF SARASOTA et al.

Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mabry, Reaves, Carlton, Anderson, Fields & Ward, Tampa, for petitioner.

Burket & Burket, Sarasota, for respondents.


THOMAS, Justice.

The governor and others constituting Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund filed a bill for declaratory decree against City of Sarasota and Bird Key Corporation. The plaintiffs claimed that a certain tract of land became a part of the sovereign lands of the state upon its admission to the union, and came under their management, control and supervision by virtue of Sec. 253.03, Florida Statutes 1941, and F.S.A. They alleged that by authority of...

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