ALLEN v. ST. PETERSBURG BANK & TRUST CO.

No. 79-2006.

383 So.2d 1171 (1980)

Hicks Sumner ALLEN and Edna Sumner Childs, Appellants, v. ST. PETERSBURG BANK & TRUST COMPANY, a Corporation Organized and Existing under the Laws of the State of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Carey of Carey & Harrison, St. Petersburg, for appellants.

Stephen C. Chumbris of Harrison, Greene, Mann, Rowe, Stanton & Mastry, and Edward A. Linney of Linney & Linney, St. Petersburg, for appellee.


RYDER, Judge.

Appellants challenge a final judgment quieting title in favor of appellee, and allege that the lower court erred in applying the Marketable Record Title Act (MRTA), Section 712, Florida Statutes (1979), to terminate their interest. We affirm.

Appellants' ancestor and appellee's predecessor in title were mother and son who co-owned the subject property. The co-owners failed to pay taxes, and the state acquired title to the land. In 1944, the trustees...

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