STATE BD. OF TRUSTEES, ETC. v. LANEY

No. 80-1525.

399 So.2d 408 (1981)

STATE of Florida BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND, State of Florida Department of Natural Resources, Appellants, v. Melvin J. LANEY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Dean, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Madigan, Parker, Gatlin, Swedmark & Skelding and Ross A. McVoy, Tallahassee, for appellee.

Peter Guarisco, Tallahassee, for Florida Land Title Ass'n as amicus curiae.

Before DANIEL S. PEARSON and FERGUSON, JJ., and PEARSON, TILLMAN (Ret.), Associate Judge.


FERGUSON, Judge.

The Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State Department of Natural Resources appeal from a final summary judgment in which the trial court found that appellee, Melvin Laney, is the fee simple owner of and has record title to certain mangrove swamp land in Monroe County, Florida. The land is identified as Rodriguez Key and is legally described as:

Government Lot 1 of Section 8, Township 62 South, Range 39 East; Government...

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