Michigan Trust Co. v. Canada
Citations
- 65 Fla. 54
- 61 So. 123
Syllabus
<p>1. Title by adverse possession without color of title may be acquired only where the land has for the requisite period of time, under a claim of title exclusive of any other right, been actually and continuously occupied by being protected by a substantial enclosure, or by being cultivated or improved.</p> <p>2. Testimony that a party is in possession of described land, that he has lived on it for 17 years, has built a house, cleared the land and fenced the premises, does not show the character of possession required by the statute to ripen into title by adverse possession without color of title.</p>
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Judges: Cockerel, Hocrcer, Shackelford, Taylor, Whitfield
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