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KOCH v. WICK

87 So.2d 47 (1956)

C.E. KOCH, Appellant, v. R.H. WICK, Chairman, and C.J. Wood, Clyde J. Keys, C.R. Fischer and S.S. Parry, Members of the Board of County Commissioners of Pinellas County, Florida, also Pinellas County, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division B.

April 25, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.C. Davant, Clearwater, for appellant.

C. Ray Smith, J.D. Hobbs, Jr., and Cramer, Smith & Hobbs, St. Petersburg, for appellees.

THOMAS, Justice.

The appellant was the unsuccessful plaintiff in the chancery court. He owns 2,600 contiguous acres of land in Pinellas County which he claims contain "several hundred million gallons" of percolating water that reaches his land by rainfall, and by seepage from sources near and far rendering the land extremely fertile.

The members of the Board of County Commissioners had conducted a survey of the quality and quantity of available water underlying...

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