HAWKINS v. EAST COAST LAND & CATTLE CO.


52 So.2d 800 (1951)

HAWKINS v. EAST COAST LAND & CATTLE CO., Inc.

Supreme Court of Florida, en Banc.

June 1, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Shelby Dale, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Hamilton & Langbein, Edgar G. Hamilton and Irwin L. Langbein, all of West Palm Beach, for appellees.

Saunders, Buckley & O'Connell and English, Lester & O'Bryan, all of Fort Lauderdale, Landefeld & Kerr, Hollywood, Edward L. Semple, Miami, and Boyd H. Anderson, Jr., Fout Lauderdale, amicus curiae.


TERRELL, Justice.

East Coast Land and Cattle Company, Inc., hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, filed a bill of complaint to quiet its tax title to a large acreage of land in Broward County. R.C. Hawkins and others were named parties defendant and will hereinafter be referred to as defendant since Hawkins was the only one who resisted the bill of complaint. Defendant filed his answer including an amended answer in which he challenged the validity of the plaintiff...

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