POCOCK v. TOWN OF MEDLEY


89 So.2d 162 (1956)

Howard S. POCOCK and Charlotte Pocock, his wife, Appellants, v. TOWN OF MEDLEY, a municipal corporation, Harry J. Curran, as Mayor of the Town of Medley, Harry L. Hankerson, Henry M. Peters, Arthur Martin, Charles C. Berry and George McClusky, as Councilmen, and Melba Mosely, as Town Clerk, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division B.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Steen, Miami, for appellants.

Leonard Dudziak, Miami, for appellees.


ROBERTS, Justice.

This controversy is between the Town of Medley, plaintiff-appellee, and Mr. and Mrs. Pocock, defendants-appellants, as to the rights of the parties, respectively, in and to a 60-foot right-of-way for a public road across the Pocock's land.

The road in question was laid out in 1921 by Dade County upon the petition of freeholders living in the area, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4338, Laws of 1895, Section 343.05, Fla. Stat. 1953, reenacted...

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