JOHNSON v. McCOWEN

No. CC-178.

348 So.2d 357 (1977)

Norma J. JOHNSON, As Personal Representative of Larry R. Johnson, Deceased, and Norma J. Johnson, Individually, Appellants, v. William I. McCOWEN and Beverly McCowen, His Wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied August 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Landsberg and James E. Moore, Moore & Anchors, Niceville, for appellants.

F.B. Estergren, Estergren, Fortune, Anchors & Powell, Fort Walton Beach, for appellees.


RAWLS, Acting Chief Judge.

The parties to this action are owners of adjoining waterfront lots bordering on Boggy Bayou in Santa Rosa County. Appellants1 filed their complaint for declaratory judgment alleging that since the purchase by the parties of the lot from a common grantor, the lot had increased in area as the result of natural accretion and, therefore, a portion of the accretion was their property. After hearing the testimony proffered...

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