GATES v. ROBERTS


85 So.2d 862 (1956)

Robert GATES, Individually and for the use and benefit of John Gates, Appellants, v. Leonard J. ROBERTS and Virene Roberts his wife, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Florida. Division A.

March 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.W. Pettyjohn and John Paul Howard, Jacksonville, for appellants.

Releford McGriff, Jacksonville, for appellees.


O'CONNELL, Justice.

This appeal from a final decree for defendant in ejectment is before the Court upon a stipulated record. The material facts appearing therefrom are:

The appellant Gates, in 1912, acquired title to certain realty, and made his home there with his family until their house was torn down in 1935. Between 1934 and 1941 the title passed to the state when appellant ceased to pay taxes, and the appellees, owners of the neighboring tract, commenced...

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