WIGGINS v. LYKES BROS., INC.


97 So.2d 273 (1957)

J.J. WIGGINS, Appellant, v. LYKES BROS., INC., a Florida Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 4, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, Fort Myers, for appellant.

MacFarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Thomas Alexander, Brooks P. Hoyt and Arthur Simpson, Tampa, for appellee.


HOBSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by defendant from final declaratory decree favorable to plaintiff except in a certain particular which is sought to be raised on cross-appeal. The litigation had its inception when plaintiff, Lykes Bros., Inc., sued J.J. Wiggins, claiming certain grazing rights in lands owned by Wiggins.

The basic facts of the case are briefly as follows: In 1922 and 1923, Reynolds and Tennant, the original owners, conveyed the lands in suit...

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