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McDOWELL v. TRUSTEES OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT FUND

90 So.2d 715 (1956)

Edwin C. McDOWELL and Betty Stallcup McDowell, his wife, Appellants, v. TRUSTEES OF The INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT FUND of the STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A.

November 14, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Ritter, Winter Haven, for appellants.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., John D. Moriarty, Asst. Atty. Gen., E. Snow Martin of Bryant & Martin, Lakeland, and Frank C. Stanley, Jr., Auburndale, for appellees.

HOBSON, Justice.

The Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida, appellees, here, sued the appellants to enjoin them from dredging Lake Ariana or otherwise taking soil from such lake. In the bill of complaint it was alleged that the land comprising the bottom of Lake Ariana is a part of the sovereignty lands owned by the State for the use and benefit of the public. After hearing the testimony of several witnesses and personally viewing the premises...

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