LAKE COUNTY v. GATCH

No. 4439.

168 So.2d 81 (1964)

LAKE COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, Appellant, v. Bert E. GATCH, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

Rehearing Denied October 26, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.E. Duncan, Tavares, for appellant.

Gordon G. Oldham, Jr., Leesburg, for appellee.


BARNS, PAUL D., Associate Judge.

Appellee-plaintiff, Gatch, brought a suit in equity seeking an injunction and damages for trespass and taking possession of a strip of land for roadway purposes along the quarter-section line of land owned by Gatch. The defendant, Lake County, answered and alleged that the roadway right of way was in the County by reason of prescriptive rights, which right of way had existed for more than twenty years. The chancellor found for the...

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