HOWARD v. SHARLIN


61 So.2d 181 (1952)

HOWARD v. SHARLIN.

Supreme Court of Florida, Special Division B.

Rehearing Denied November 20, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Tom Watson, Tampa, Fred Pine and Garland M. Budd, Miami, for appellant.

Alexander S. Gordon and Nelan Sweet, Miami, for appellee.


ROBERTS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff-appellee entered in a suit filed by him to recover damages for the alleged conversion to his own use by defendant-appellant of the lead keel of the schooner "Genessee." The principal issues in the proceedings below were (1) the title of the plaintiff and (2) whether the vessel had been abandoned by the plaintiff and his predecessors in title.

The testimony on these issues was voluminous...

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